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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOLEDAD UNIFIED·NCES 063705006292
San Vicente Elementary
1300 Metz Rd., Soledad, CA 93960 · (831) 678-6420 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
465 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
San Vicente Elementary→Main Street Middle
Based on grade levels within Soledad Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
20.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
17.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.3% | 14.1% | 25.3% | 54.3% |
| Math | 4.3% | 12.8% | 22.3% | 60.7% |
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 | 20.4% | 17.1% |
| 2023-24 | 18.8% | 13.3% |
| 2022-23 | 13.4% | 15.6% |
| 2021-22 | 18.9% | 16.8% |
| 2018-19 | 32.2% | 33.3% |
| 2017-18 | 29.4% | 22.3% |
| 2016-17 | 25.1% | 21.5% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
17.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 San Vicente Elementary
San Vicente Elementary's state test result (17.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Vicente Elementary this school | 501 | 92.8% | 17.6% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Lynwood | 511 | 93.2% | 27.9% |
| Teresa Burke Elementary Wasco | 503 | 93.0% | 31.2% |
| Buford Elementary Lennox | 513 | 93.6% | 46.3% |
| Walter Zimmerman Elementary Bloomington | 512 | 92.0% | 25.9% |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard Elementary Huntington Park | 477 | 91.8% | 36.2% |
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 San Vicente Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #4,777 of 5,151 | #62 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #4,565 of 5,172 ▲ 240 | #56 of 70 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #4,817 of 5,172 ▲ 7 | #64 of 70 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #3,100 of 5,116 | #42 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #2,427 of 5,915 | #41 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,069 of 5,352 | #59 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.3% | #5,137 of 5,354 | #50 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #730 of 5,625 | #11 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #3,759 of 3,837 | #55 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
501
-54 (-10%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 501 | 20.5 | 24.4:1 | 93% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 22 | 23.9:1 | 90% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 23 | 23.1:1 | 87% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 25 | 22.2:1 | 93% (515) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 20 | 25.3:1 | 91% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 23 | 24.2:1 | 71% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | N/A | N/A | 97% (486) |
| 2000-01 | 879 | 46 | 19.1:1 | 96% (842) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 30 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Vicente Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (506 to 501); teachers up 3% (20 to 20.5).
About San Vicente Elementary
San Vicente Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Soledad, California. It enrolls 501 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6.
Soledad Unified runs 10 schools with a combined 4,805 students. San Vicente Elementary is one of them.
Roughly 97% of students at San Vicente Elementary are Hispanic. By comparison, Monterey County residents are about 62% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 6%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.4:1. The school has 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 24.4:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Federal data show 93% of students (465) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Monterey County averages 76%, lower than here.
San Vicente Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of California public elementary schools.
A school with San Vicente Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 25.2%. San Vicente Elementary scores 17.6%, 7.6 points below that line.
In Monterey County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $97,230 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting San Vicente Elementary, Monterey County has 153 public schools.
Gabilan Elementary, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, San Vicente Elementary places 6th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 501, compared with 555 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (24.4:1) than in 2020-21 (22.2:1).
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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 Soledad Unified
- Soledad HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Main Street MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Rose Ferrero ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Frank Ledesma ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Gabilan ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Jack Franscioni ElementaryElementary · 439 students
Other schools in Soledad
- Soledad HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Main Street MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Rose Ferrero ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Frank Ledesma ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Gabilan ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Jack Franscioni ElementaryElementary · 439 students
Other San Vicente Elementary schools
One other US public school is named San Vicente Elementary. San Vicente Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- San Vicente Elementary SchoolBIG BEND NATL PARK, TX · 9 students
Nearby schools
- Gabilan Elementary0.2 mi · 456
- Soledad Transition Center0.6 mi · 12
- Soledad Virtual Academy0.6 mi · 62
- Main Street Middle0.6 mi · 754
- Pinnacles High0.6 mi · 41
- Jack Franscioni Elementary0.6 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About San Vicente ElementaryHow large is San Vicente Elementary?
San Vicente Elementary enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does San Vicente Elementary serve?
San Vicente Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at San Vicente Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at San Vicente Elementary is approximately 24.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at San Vicente Elementary?
Student demographics at San Vicente Elementary are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is San Vicente Elementary in?
San Vicente Elementary is part of Soledad Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.