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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALINAS CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063393005331
University Park Elementary
833 West Acacia St., Salinas, CA 93901 · (831) 753-5655 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
21.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
343 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 35% larger than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
20.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
20.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.3% | 14.6% | 25.6% | 53.5% |
| Math | 4.7% | 15.3% | 29.9% | 50.0% |
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 | 20.9% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 23.6% |
| 2022-23 | 34.6% | 25.3% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 19.3% |
| 2018-19 | 30.0% | 20.2% |
| 2017-18 | 25.2% | 15.1% |
| 2016-17 | 27.5% | 15.1% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 University Park Elementary
University Park Elementary's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Park Elementary this school | 488 | 70.3% | 23.6% |
| Rio del Norte Oxnard | 495 | 73.1% | 26.8% |
| LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy Hesperia | 505 | 68.1% | N/A |
| Price (Adelaide) Elementary Anaheim | 507 | 69.2% | 34.3% |
| Luther Burbank Elementary San Jose | 426 | 69.7% | 32.1% |
| Mango Elementary Fontana | 523 | 73.2% | 27.6% |
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 University Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #4,232 of 5,151 | #43 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #4,297 of 5,172 ▼ 508 | #51 of 70 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,795 of 5,172 ▼ 1,106 | #61 of 70 ▼ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.7pp | #464 of 5,116 | #8 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #2,591 of 5,915 | #43 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,648 of 5,352 | #14 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.5% | #4,159 of 5,354 | #23 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #2,941 of 5,625 | #49 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #3,138 of 3,837 | #43 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
488
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 488 | 23 | 21.2:1 | 70% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 23 | 21.0:1 | 70% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 22.7 | 21.8:1 | 66% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 23 | 21.6:1 | 73% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 78% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 22 | 25.9:1 | 78% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | N/A | N/A | 66% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 30 | 21.0:1 | 38% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 18 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for University Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (522 to 488); teachers down 4% (24 to 23).
About University Park Elementary
University Park Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Salinas, California. The school has 488 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6.
Besides University Park Elementary, Salinas City Elementary runs 14 other schools. The district enrolls 8,236 students.
Hispanic students are 86% of those enrolled at University Park Elementary. Other reported shares: 4% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 62% Hispanic among all Monterey County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
The school has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
University Park Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of California public elementary schools.
In California, University Park Elementary is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.6% compared with a predicted 38.4%.
For Monterey County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $97,230 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Monterey County number 153, with about 73,845 students.
Among nearby public schools, Mission Park Elementary is closest at about 0.7 miles. University Park Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.8%, higher than University Park Elementary's 23.6%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 496 in 2020-21, 488 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for University Park Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Salinas City Elementary
- Sherwood ElementaryElementary · 859 students
- Henry F. Kammann ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- Natividad ElementaryElementary · 705 students
- Mission Park ElementaryElementary · 657 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Boronda MeadowsElementary · 620 students
Other schools in Salinas
- Alisal HighHigh · 2,742 students
- Salinas HighHigh · 2,380 students
- North Salinas HighHigh · 2,106 students
- Everett Alvarez HighHigh · 1,978 students
- Rancho San Juan HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Harden MiddleMiddle · 1,101 students
Other University Park Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named University Park Elementary. University Park Elementary is the 4th largest of the 8.
- University Park ElementaryIrvine, CA · 509 students
- University Park ElementaryHyattsville, MD · 538 students
- UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMELBOURNE, FL · 529 students
- University Park Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 463 students
- University Park Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Mission Park Elementary0.7 mi · 657
- Washington Middle0.8 mi · 1,082
- Roosevelt Elementary1.0 mi · 560
- Salinas High1.2 mi · 2,380
- Lincoln Elementary1.6 mi · 646
- Boronda Meadows1.6 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About University Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at University Park Elementary?
University Park Elementary enrolls approximately 488 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does University Park Elementary serve?
University Park Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at University Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at University Park Elementary is approximately 21.2:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is University Park Elementary?
University Park Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 86% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees University Park Elementary?
University Park Elementary is overseen by Salinas City Elementary in Monterey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.