Spreckels Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Spreckels, California, Spreckels Elementary educates 529 students from grades K through 5, operated by Spreckels Union Elementary.

Spreckels Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Spreckels Union Elementary, a district that works with 850 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Spreckels Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 42% White, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the income-and-resources front, Spreckels Elementary shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at Spreckels Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Monterey County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Spreckels Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 68.0%; Spreckels Elementary posts 51.6%, -16.4 points below that line.

Around the school, 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 the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Monterey County runs 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), of which Spreckels Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Buena Vista Middle, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spreckels Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 37.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Spreckels Elementary's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 641 (now 529). Over the same period, the White share declined from 53% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 today.

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