Marina Vista Elementary

Marina Vista Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Marina, California, one of the schools within Monterey Peninsula Unified, with 466 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Across the 18 schools in Monterey Peninsula Unified (9,308 students total), Marina Vista Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Marina Vista Elementary reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 10% Asian, 9% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Marina Vista Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Marina Vista Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.8%, the actual is 20.3%, a residual of -9.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Monterey County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,230 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Monterey County runs 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), of which Marina Vista Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: J. C. Crumpton Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marina Vista Elementary. On composite proficiency, Marina Vista Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marina Vista Elementary has increased 12%, going from 416 students in 2018 to 466 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 68% to 73% across the same window.

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