John E. Steinbeck Elementary

John E. Steinbeck Elementary is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in Salinas, California, part of Alisal Union, serveing 486 students in grades K through 6.

John E. Steinbeck Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by Alisal Union, a district that serves 7,303 students overall.

On the student-mix side, John E. Steinbeck Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%); the rest reads as 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Monterey County as a whole is about 62% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting John E. Steinbeck Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John E. Steinbeck Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.4%.

In the area at large, Monterey County reports that median household income runs about $97,230, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Monterey County's 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), John E. Steinbeck Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Everett Alvarez High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John E. Steinbeck Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John E. Steinbeck Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.4%.

John E. Steinbeck Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. John E. Steinbeck Elementary's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 639 (now 486). Hispanic enrollment moved from 81% to 90% across the same window.

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