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Alumni: what's one memory from Loma Vista Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALINAS CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063393005323
Loma Vista Elementary
757 Sausal Dr., Salinas, CA 93906 · (831) 753-5670 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
23.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
325 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
10.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.7pp since 2014
Math
6.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.5% | 7.8% | 23.1% | 66.7% |
| Math | 1.2% | 4.9% | 25.9% | 67.9% |
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 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
| 2023-24 | 12.0% | 9.5% |
| 2022-23 | 11.2% | 5.2% |
| 2021-22 | 18.4% | 12.9% |
| 2018-19 | 28.0% | 21.3% |
| 2017-18 | 33.4% | 20.0% |
| 2016-17 | 21.0% | 14.2% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 11.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Loma Vista Elementary
Loma Vista Elementary's state test result (9.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Vista Elementary this school | 445 | 73.0% | 9.4% |
| Lakeview Elementary Santa Fe Springs | 457 | 72.2% | 50.0% |
| Howard Pence Elementary San Diego | 419 | 71.8% | 18.4% |
| Olive Street Elementary Anaheim | 417 | 76.7% | 23.1% |
| Beamer Elementary Woodland | 496 | 74.0% | 28.3% |
| Watsonville Prep Watsonville | 488 | 77.0% | 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 Loma Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #5,109 of 5,151 | #69 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.2% | #5,143 of 5,172 ▼ 107 | #70 of 70 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #5,137 of 5,172 ▼ 37 | #70 of 70 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.4pp | #262 of 5,116 | #1 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #3,096 of 5,915 | #53 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,309 of 5,352 | #47 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.9% | #5,059 of 5,354 | #47 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #2,770 of 5,625 | #48 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #1,428 of 3,837 | #17 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
445
-52 (-10%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 445 | 19 | 23.4:1 | 73% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 20 | 23.4:1 | 78% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 20 | 23.4:1 | 83% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 20 | 24.9:1 | 82% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 23 | 24.2:1 | 88% (487) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 21 | 26.7:1 | 91% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | N/A | N/A | 84% (522) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 28 | 22.0:1 | 75% (460) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 24 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loma Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (556 to 445); teachers down 17% (23 to 19).
About Loma Vista Elementary
Loma Vista Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Salinas, California. It has an enrollment of 445 students in kindergarten through 6.
A total of 15 schools make up Salinas City Elementary, with 8,236 students enrolled.
The share of Hispanic students at Loma Vista Elementary is 96%. The school's Hispanic share is 34 points above the 62% share among Monterey County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 8%.
Its staff includes 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 23.4 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Loma Vista Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 73%.
Loma Vista Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 0% of California public elementary schools.
A school in California with Loma Vista Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 36.8%. Loma Vista Elementary scores 9.4%.
In the wider Monterey County area, the median household earns about $97,230 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Monterey County, 153 public schools serve about 73,845 students.
Loma Vista Elementary is about 0.3 miles from John E. Steinbeck Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Loma Vista Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Loma Vista Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 497 (2020-21) to 445 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 23.4:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Salinas City Elementary
- Sherwood ElementaryElementary · 859 students
- Henry F. Kammann ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- Natividad ElementaryElementary · 705 students
- Mission Park ElementaryElementary · 657 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Boronda MeadowsElementary · 620 students
Other schools in Salinas
- 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
Other Loma Vista Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 2 states are named Loma Vista Elementary. Loma Vista Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Loma Vista ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 749 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryMaywood, CA · 498 students
- Loma Vista ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 433 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryVentura, CA · 396 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryWhittier, CA · 379 students
Nearby schools
- John E. Steinbeck Elementary0.3 mi · 486
- New Republic Elementary0.4 mi · 482
- Salinas Community0.4 mi · 101
- Everett Alvarez High0.5 mi · 1,978
- Creekside Elementary0.7 mi · 534
- Alisal Virtual Academy0.7 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Loma Vista ElementaryHow many students attend Loma Vista Elementary?
Loma Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-06.
Is Loma Vista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Loma Vista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Loma Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Loma Vista Elementary is approximately 23.4:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Loma Vista Elementary?
At Loma Vista Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Loma Vista Elementary in?
Loma Vista Elementary is part of Salinas City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.