Monte Vista

As a medium-sized elementary school in Monterey, California, Monte Vista instructs 688 students from grades K through 8, one of the schools within Monterey Peninsula Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 48% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Monterey Peninsula Unified comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 9,308 students; Monte Vista is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Monte Vista records that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 38% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Monte Vista higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at Monte Vista qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monterey County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monte Vista tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Monterey County shows 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%. In all, Monterey County runs 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), of which Monte Vista is one.

The closest other public school is Monterey High, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Monte Vista comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.2%.

Monte Vista operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Monte Vista's enrollment has expanded 85% since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 688). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 28% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

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