Monterey Park Elementary

Monterey Park Elementary, a moderately sized K-5 school in Salinas, California, part of Salinas City Elementary, works with 541 students, covering grades K through 6.

Monterey Park Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Salinas City Elementary, a district that educates 8,236 students overall.

On demographics, Monterey Park Elementary records that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.5:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Monterey County (around 76%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monterey Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 27.6%.

In the area at large, Monterey County reports that median household income runs about $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monterey County's 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), Monterey Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Open Door Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monterey Park Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 556 students in 2018 compared to 541 in 2025.

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