Enrollment
130
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MISSION UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062511003725
Mission Elementary
36825 Foothill Rd., Soledad, CA 93960 · (831) 678-3524 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL130 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
21.7:1
6 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
48 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 13 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (13).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
57.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.0pp since 2014
Math
29.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.0% | 38.0% | 17.7% | 25.3% |
| Math | 10.1% | 19.0% | 30.4% | 40.5% |
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 | 57.0% | 29.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 32.1% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.3% | 25.3% |
| 2018-19 | 48.8% | 40.2% |
| 2017-18 | 44.4% | 37.0% |
| 2016-17 | 37.8% | 33.3% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% 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 Mission Elementary
Mission Elementary's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Elementary this school | 130 | 36.9% | 43.2% |
| Pescadero Elementary and Middle Pescadero | 126 | 42.1% | 36.2% |
| Fairsite Elementary Galt | 160 | 46.9% | N/A |
| Empower Language Academy San Diego | 153 | 50.3% | N/A |
| Santa Ynez Elementary Santa Ynez | 147 | 45.6% | 50.1% |
| San Antonio Elementary Lockwood | 134 | 40.3% | 22.2% |
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 Mission Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #2,217 of 5,151 | #12 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #3,319 of 5,172 ▼ 451 | #21 of 70 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,547 of 5,172 ▼ 26 | #7 of 70 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #1,877 of 5,116 | #31 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 130 | #5,564 of 5,915 | #74 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.9% | #4,470 of 5,625 | #64 of 74 |
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
130
+7 (+6%) vs 2020
+132% since 1990-91, when it was 56
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 130 | 6 | 21.7:1 | 37% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 127 | 5.5 | 23.1:1 | 27% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 122 | 8 | 15.2:1 | 17% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 123 | 7 | 17.6:1 | 23% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 131 | 5.5 | 23.8:1 | 19% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 128 | 5 | 25.6:1 | 13% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 121 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 99 | 5 | 19.8:1 | 37% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 56 | 3 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (131 to 130); teachers up 9% (5.5 to 6).
About Mission Elementary
Mission Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Soledad, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 8, with 130 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 72% smaller than that.
Mission Union Elementary is the district for Mission Elementary.
At Mission Elementary, Hispanic students make up 72% of the student body. It is also 22% White and 5% Asian. For comparison, the population of Monterey County is roughly 62% Hispanic. Mission Elementary's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
Mission Elementary employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 21.7:1. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. Mission Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 37%. For comparison, public schools in Monterey County average 76%.
allk12 grades Mission Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Mission Elementary scores 14.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 43.2% actual versus 57.9% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Monterey County show that the median household income is $97,230, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Monterey County is home to 153 public schools and about 73,845 public school students.
The closest public school, Soledad Transition Center, is about 3.4 miles from Mission Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mission Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Mission Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Mission Elementary climbed 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 123 to 130 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.6:1 to 21.7:1 over the same years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Soledad
- Soledad HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Main Street MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Rose Ferrero ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- San Vicente ElementaryElementary · 501 students
- Frank Ledesma ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Gabilan ElementaryElementary · 456 students
Other Mission Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Mission Elementary. Mission Elementary is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Mission ElementaryRedlands, CA · 594 students
- Mission ElementaryOntario, CA · 571 students
- Mission ElementaryAntioch, CA · 512 students
- Mission ElementaryOceanside, CA · 419 students
- Mission Elementary SchoolAnadarko, OK · 162 students
Nearby schools
- Soledad Transition Center3.4 mi · 12
- Main Street Middle3.5 mi · 754
- Gabilan Elementary3.6 mi · 456
- San Vicente Elementary3.7 mi · 501
- Soledad Virtual Academy3.8 mi · 62
- Frank Ledesma Elementary3.8 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Mission ElementaryHow large is Mission Elementary?
Mission Elementary enrolls approximately 130 students in grades KG-08.
Is Mission Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mission Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Mission Elementary?
Approximately 21.7:1 students per teacher at Mission Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mission Elementary?
At Mission Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 72% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian.
Who oversees Mission Elementary?
Mission Elementary is overseen by Mission Union Elementary in Monterey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.