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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
646
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALISAL UNION·NCES 060195000085
Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary
901 North Sanborn Rd., Salinas, CA 93905 · (831) 753-5760 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
633 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 23% larger than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
22.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.0pp since 2014
Math
22.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.3% | 14.7% | 25.7% | 52.3% |
| Math | 5.9% | 16.1% | 28.3% | 49.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.3% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.9% | 11.6% |
| 2021-22 | 23.1% | 11.5% |
| 2018-19 | 34.7% | 27.9% |
| 2017-18 | 30.0% | 23.8% |
| 2016-17 | 22.7% | 16.9% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 9.0% | 8.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary
Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary this school | 646 | 98.0% | 19.6% |
| ISANA Himalia Academy Los Angeles | 655 | 96.5% | N/A |
| Mecca Elementary Mecca | 677 | 97.2% | 18.4% |
| Olive Street Elementary Porterville | 624 | 98.6% | 41.2% |
| Sanchez (David J.) Elementary Santa Maria | 654 | 96.2% | 26.2% |
| Camino Nuevo Charter Academy Los Angeles | 603 | 99.5% | N/A |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #4,606 of 5,151 | #58 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,098 of 5,172 ▲ 816 | #43 of 70 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,723 of 5,172 ▼ 187 | #55 of 70 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #1,746 of 5,116 | #29 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #1,046 of 5,915 | #12 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,680 of 5,352 | #51 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.9% | #5,343 of 5,354 | #68 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #98 of 5,625 | #1 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #1,140 of 3,837 | #12 of 55 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
646
-111 (-15%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 24.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 646 | 27 | 23.9:1 | 98% (633) |
| 2023-24 | 674 | 28 | 24.1:1 | 99% (666) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 30 | 23.2:1 | 98% (683) |
| 2020-21 | 757 | 31 | 24.4:1 | 99% (747) |
| 2017-18 | 832 | 32 | 26.0:1 | 99% (820) |
| 2015-16 | 850 | 32 | 26.6:1 | 99% (841) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | N/A | N/A | 100% (712) |
| 2000-01 | 677 | 32 | 21.2:1 | 87% (592) |
| 1990-91 | 776 | 31 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (832 to 646); teachers down 16% (32 to 27).
About Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary
Among the schools in Salinas, California, is Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 646 students. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Alisal Union (13 schools, 7,303 students) runs Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary.
The share of students at Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary who are Hispanic is 100%. By comparison, Monterey County residents are about 62% Hispanic. A diversity index of 1% means there is a 1% chance two randomly chosen students at Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 23.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Monterey County average 76%.
Among California public elementary schools, Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 22.1% at Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.6%.
The school is in Monterey County, where median household income comes to about $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Monterey County counts 153 public schools with about 73,845 students.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary is 8th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary as City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 15%.
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Monterey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
437,613
Census ACS
Median income
$97,230
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
153
73,845 students
Quick facts
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- Alisal CommunityElementary · 591 students
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. AcademyElementary · 577 students
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- Alisal HighHigh · 2,742 students
- Salinas HighHigh · 2,380 students
- North Salinas HighHigh · 2,106 students
- Everett Alvarez HighHigh · 1,978 students
- Rancho San Juan HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Harden MiddleMiddle · 1,101 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy0.1 mi · 577
- Fremont Elementary0.6 mi · 711
- Virginia Rocca Barton Elementary0.8 mi · 526
- El Sausal Middle0.8 mi · 1,067
- Alisal Community0.8 mi · 591
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary0.8 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About Jesse G. Sanchez ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary?
Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary enrolls approximately 646 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary serve?
Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary is approximately 23.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary?
At Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 100% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
What district is Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary in?
Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary is part of Alisal Union.
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