Tularcitos Elementary

Tularcitos Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Carmel Valley, California, operated by Carmel Unified. Current enrollment sits at 447 students spanning grades K through 5.

Tularcitos Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Carmel Unified, a district that works with 2,152 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Tularcitos Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. By comparison, Monterey County as a whole is about 36% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Tularcitos Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Monterey County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Tularcitos Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 76.1%, a residual of +10.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Monterey County shows median household earnings sit near $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Tularcitos Elementary is one of 153 public schools in Monterey County (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students).

Washington Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tularcitos Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Tularcitos Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 447).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Tularcitos Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.