North Monterey County High

North Monterey County High is a four-year high school of moderately sized scale in Castroville, California, operated by North Monterey County Unified, serveing 1,250 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 49% larger than the state mean of about 838.

North Monterey County High is one of 8 schools operated by North Monterey County Unified, a district that educates 4,289 students overall.

In terms of who attends, North Monterey County High records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Other groups include 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 62% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, North Monterey County High has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting North Monterey County High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 84% of students at North Monterey County High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, North Monterey County High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.2%, the actual is 30.1%, a residual of +0.9 points.

Around the school, Monterey County reports that median household income runs about $97,230, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. North Monterey County High is one of 153 public schools in Monterey County (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students).

North Monterey County Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, North Monterey County High comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Monterey County High has edged up 3%, going from 1,214 students in 2018 to 1,250 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 85% to 91% across the same window.

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