San Antonio Elementary

Set in Lockwood, California, San Antonio Elementary is a very small elementary school, overseen by San Antonio Union Elementary. It instructs 134 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 71% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Operationally, San Antonio Elementary answers to San Antonio Union Elementary, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, San Antonio Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 40% White, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Monterey County as a whole is about 62% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Monterey County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, San Antonio Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.5%; actual is 15.8%, a gap of -39.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Monterey County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,230, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. San Antonio Elementary is one of 153 public schools in Monterey County (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students).

The closest other public school is San Ardo Elementary, roughly 11.2 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts San Antonio Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 31.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at San Antonio Elementary has decreased 9%, going from 147 students in 2018 to 134 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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