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Alumni: what's one memory from Mission Park Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
657
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALINAS CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063393005325
Mission Park Elementary
403 West Acacia St., Salinas, CA 93901 · (831) 753-5635 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- A-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
24.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
359 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 | 122 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 22% larger than its 6th grade class (100).
Student demographics
36%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
40.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.4pp since 2014
Math
26.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 4 points 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 | 13.8% | 26.6% | 24.6% | 34.9% |
| Math | 9.4% | 17.1% | 31.2% | 42.3% |
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 | 40.4% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 23.8% |
| 2022-23 | 36.3% | 27.8% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 18.9% |
| 2018-19 | 49.8% | 33.8% |
| 2017-18 | 44.8% | 34.8% |
| 2016-17 | 45.5% | 31.4% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 Park Elementary
Mission Park Elementary's state test result (30.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Park Elementary this school | 657 | 54.6% | 30.8% |
| San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy San Martin | 643 | 56.9% | 22.8% |
| Rancho Santana Hollister | 678 | 53.5% | 26.9% |
| Rod Kelley Elementary Gilroy | 697 | 54.1% | 43.0% |
| Ocean View Elementary Whittier | 668 | 51.2% | 69.2% |
| Raymond Elementary Fullerton | 598 | 57.2% | 55.6% |
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 Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #3,414 of 5,151 | #23 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #3,605 of 5,172 ▲ 158 | #29 of 70 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,885 of 5,172 ▲ 741 | #19 of 70 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #917 of 5,116 | #13 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #976 of 5,915 | #11 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,987 of 5,352 | #58 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #3,640 of 5,354 | #17 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.6% | #3,707 of 5,625 | #56 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #3,205 of 3,837 | #46 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
657
+47 (+8%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 657 | 27 | 24.3:1 | 55% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 26 | 23.8:1 | 55% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 621 | 24 | 25.9:1 | 53% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 24 | 25.4:1 | 52% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 29 | 24.1:1 | 51% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 726 | 26 | 27.9:1 | 46% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | N/A | N/A | 44% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 715 | 35 | 20.4:1 | 26% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 30 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (699 to 657); teachers down 7% (29 to 27).
About Mission Park Elementary
Mission Park Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Salinas, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 657 students. That is 41% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Besides Mission Park Elementary, Salinas City Elementary runs 14 other schools. The district enrolls 8,236 students.
At Mission Park Elementary, 78% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 13% White and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Monterey County is about 62% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mission Park Elementary scores 36%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.3:1. The school has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.0 students per teacher. In all, 55% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 76% average for public schools in Monterey County is 21 points.
Mission Park Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of California public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Mission Park Elementary is 47.5%. It actually posts 30.8%, which is 16.7 points lower and in the bottom 10% of California schools.
For Monterey County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $97,230, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 153 public schools in the county, enrolling about 73,845, Mission Park Elementary among them.
Washington Middle is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Mission Park Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Mission Park Elementary is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment increased 8% over 4 years, reaching 657 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 25.4:1 to 24.3:1.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. 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
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Boronda MeadowsElementary · 620 students
- Los Padres ElementaryElementary · 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
Nearby schools
- Washington Middle0.3 mi · 1,082
- Salinas High0.5 mi · 2,380
- University Park Elementary0.7 mi · 488
- Roosevelt Elementary0.7 mi · 560
- Lincoln Elementary0.9 mi · 646
- Monterey Park Elementary1.2 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Park ElementaryHow large is Mission Park Elementary?
Mission Park Elementary enrolls approximately 657 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mission Park Elementary serve?
Mission Park Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Mission Park Elementary have?
Mission Park Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Mission Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Mission Park Elementary are roughly 13% White, 78% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Mission Park Elementary in?
Mission Park Elementary is part of Salinas City Elementary.
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