Seaside High

Located at 2200 Noche Buena St., in Seaside, California, Seaside High is a mid-sized senior high that enrolls 1,073 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Monterey Peninsula Unified. That puts it 28% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 18 schools in Monterey Peninsula Unified (9,308 students total), Seaside High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Seaside High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). The remainder consists of 6% White, 6% Asian, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Seaside High has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Seaside High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.2%; this one delivers 20.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Monterey County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,230, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monterey County's 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), Seaside High is one campus in the mix.

Monterey Peninsula UNF SCH DIST COM Day MID is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Seaside High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Seaside High at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 24.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Seaside High's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,124 (now 1,073). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 70% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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