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Enrollment
2,380
High
DISTRICT 1,419 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALINAS UNION HIGH·NCES 063398005336
Salinas High
726 South Main St., Salinas, CA 93901 · (831) 796-7400 · Monterey County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,380 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of California public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
1,845 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 602 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 596 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 571 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 611 | 26% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
68.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.7pp since 2014
Math
34.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.3% | 36.4% | 17.6% | 13.7% |
| Math | 15.0% | 19.5% | 25.4% | 40.1% |
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 | 68.7% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.2% | 29.4% |
| 2022-23 | 62.6% | 24.7% |
| 2021-22 | 55.2% | 22.3% |
| 2018-19 | 55.3% | 31.6% |
| 2017-18 | 57.9% | 28.4% |
| 2016-17 | 62.4% | 34.3% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Salinas High
Salinas High's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salinas High this school | 2,380 | 77.5% | 50.2% |
| La Quinta High La Quinta | 2,425 | 74.4% | 45.6% |
| Thomas Downey High Modesto | 2,192 | 76.0% | 32.9% |
| Hilltop Senior High Chula Vista | 1,771 | 77.4% | 41.8% |
| Monache High Porterville | 1,855 | 81.2% | 42.1% |
| Napa High Napa | 1,642 | 74.4% | 29.9% |
Matched among California high 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 Salinas High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #314 of 1,052 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #353 of 1,056 ▲ 31 | #3 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #279 of 1,056 ▼ 6 | #3 of 15 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.9pp | #69 of 1,044 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,380 | #133 of 2,093 | #2 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #791 of 1,352 | #10 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.1% | #858 of 1,351 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #676 of 1,575 | #17 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #501 of 802 | #4 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,380
-280 (-11%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 1,868
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 2,380 | 110 | 21.6:1 | 78% (1,845) |
| 2023-24 | 2,446 | 108.9 | 22.5:1 | 84% (2,046) |
| 2022-23 | 2,567 | 112.1 | 22.9:1 | 83% (2,140) |
| 2020-21 | 2,660 | 107 | 24.9:1 | 66% (1,747) |
| 2017-18 | 2,608 | 123.6 | 21.1:1 | 50% (1,306) |
| 2015-16 | 2,581 | 106 | 24.4:1 | 44% (1,146) |
| 2010-11 | 2,512 | N/A | N/A | 43% (1,079) |
| 2000-01 | 2,310 | 91 | 25.4:1 | 23% (541) |
| 1990-91 | 1,868 | 71 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salinas High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (2,608 to 2,380); teachers down 11% (123.6 to 110).
About Salinas High
Salinas High, located in Salinas, California, is a large high school. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,380 students. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 184% bigger than average.
Salinas Union High includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 15,703 students.
The student body at Salinas High is 76% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 17% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Monterey County, the Hispanic share is about 62%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.
Salinas High has 110 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in California is 18.2:1. At Salinas High, 78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Monterey County is close, at 76%.
Salinas High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of California public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Salinas High is in the top 10% of California schools: 50.2% actual against 34.1% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Monterey County show that the median household earns about $97,230 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Monterey County has 153 public schools with about 73,845 students, including Salinas High.
Of the public schools around it, Salinas High is closest to Washington Middle, about 0.4 miles away. Salinas High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Salinas High at 1st of 8.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
The school's student count fell 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 24.9:1 to 21.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Salinas High. 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 Union High
- Alisal HighHigh · 2,742 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
- La Paz MiddleMiddle · 1,099 students
Other schools in Salinas
- Alisal HighHigh · 2,742 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
- La Paz MiddleMiddle · 1,099 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Middle0.4 mi · 1,082
- Lincoln Elementary0.4 mi · 646
- Mission Park Elementary0.5 mi · 657
- Roosevelt Elementary0.6 mi · 560
- Monterey Park Elementary0.9 mi · 541
- University Park Elementary1.2 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Salinas HighHow large is Salinas High?
Salinas High enrolls approximately 2,380 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Salinas High serve?
Salinas High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Salinas High?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at Salinas High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Salinas High?
At Salinas High, the student body is approximately 17% White, 76% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Salinas High public or private?
Salinas High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salinas Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.