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What's something Ord Terrace Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEREY PENINSULA UNIFIED·NCES 062553003841
Ord Terrace Elementary
1755 La Salle Ave., Seaside, CA 93955 · (831) 392-3922 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
19.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
362 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
32.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.7pp since 2014
Math
24.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.3% | 23.4% | 29.8% | 37.6% |
| Math | 9.9% | 14.2% | 26.1% | 49.8% |
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 | 32.7% | 24.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 27.2% |
| 2022-23 | 37.3% | 26.2% |
| 2021-22 | 35.1% | 25.2% |
| 2018-19 | 39.2% | 27.9% |
| 2017-18 | 33.0% | 24.7% |
| 2016-17 | 23.9% | 19.0% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Ord Terrace Elementary
Ord Terrace Elementary's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ord Terrace Elementary this school | 397 | 91.2% | 30.5% |
| Charles H. Lee Elementary Azusa | 378 | 90.5% | 26.8% |
| Mission Elementary Oceanside | 419 | 90.9% | 27.4% |
| Franklin Elementary Santa Barbara | 424 | 91.0% | 52.3% |
| Lee Richmond Elementary Hanford | 402 | 90.8% | 41.1% |
| Marshall Elementary San Bernardino | 384 | 92.2% | 26.7% |
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 Ord Terrace Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #3,444 of 5,151 | #24 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #3,862 of 5,172 ▼ 498 | #39 of 70 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #3,710 of 5,172 ▼ 1,070 | #28 of 70 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #1,303 of 5,116 | #17 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #3,731 of 5,915 | #64 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #860 of 5,352 | #5 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #4,223 of 5,354 | #24 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #943 of 5,625 | #14 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #1,413 of 3,837 | #15 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
397
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 397 | 20 | 19.8:1 | 91% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 23.5 | 19.3:1 | 85% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 26.8 | 18.7:1 | 91% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 94% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 21 | 23.7:1 | 91% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 21 | 23.6:1 | 95% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | N/A | N/A | 95% (533) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 63% (349) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 34 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ord Terrace Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (497 to 397); teachers down 5% (21 to 20).
About Ord Terrace Elementary
Among the schools in Seaside, California, is Ord Terrace Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 397 students enrolled.
The district, Monterey Peninsula Unified, has 9,308 students enrolled across 18 schools.
The large majority of students at Ord Terrace Elementary, 87%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 4% White and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Monterey County, the Hispanic share is about 62%. The chance that two students picked at random at Ord Terrace Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
Ord Terrace Elementary counts 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19.8 students for each one. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Monterey County, the average eligibility rate is 76%.
Ord Terrace Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 26.1% at Ord Terrace Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.5%.
Monterey County census figures show that median household income is about $97,230, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 153 public schools operate in Monterey County, serving about 73,845 students.
Nearby, International School of Monterey is about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ord Terrace Elementary is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ord Terrace Elementary went from 417 students to 397.
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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 Monterey Peninsula Unified
- Monterey HighHigh · 1,401 students
- Seaside HighHigh · 1,073 students
- Marina HighHigh · 721 students
- La MesaElementary · 689 students
- Monte VistaElementary · 688 students
- J. C. Crumpton ElementaryElementary · 562 students
Other schools in Seaside
- Seaside HighHigh · 1,073 students
- Martin Luther KingElementary · 548 students
- Seaside MiddleMiddle · 521 students
- George C. Marshall ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- International School of MontereyElementary · 439 students
- Dual Language Academy of the Monterey PeninsulaElementary · 410 students
Nearby schools
- International School of Monterey0.3 mi · 439
- Martin Luther King0.5 mi · 548
- Seaside Middle0.6 mi · 521
- Seaside High0.7 mi · 1,073
- Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Community Day0.7 mi · 3
- Central Coast High0.7 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Ord Terrace ElementaryHow large is Ord Terrace Elementary?
Ord Terrace Elementary enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-06.
Is Ord Terrace Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ord Terrace Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Ord Terrace Elementary?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Ord Terrace Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ord Terrace Elementary?
At Ord Terrace Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 87% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Ord Terrace Elementary public or private?
Ord Terrace Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Monterey Peninsula Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.