Schools · Salinas
Salinas, CA schools
Kids attend one of 24 schools through grade 6, then one of 4 middle schools and one of 5 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Salinas’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Salinas’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 53% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 47%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (579)Better than 32%
Lower confidence. Built on 0 tested students and a graduating class of 2,632. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Salinas kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Graduation · class of 2020
83% graduate on time
Graduation rate
83%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
2,632
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #596 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Salinas
Salinas Union High School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 12 schools · 15,703 students
$19,699 per studentCA $21,206B-Salinas City Elementary School DistrictGrades K–6 · 15 schools · 8,236 students
$21,480 per studentCA $21,206Alisal Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–6 · 14 schools · 7,303 students
$23,252 per studentCA $21,206Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 54 schools in Salinas
Showing 1–30 of 54 schools
Sherwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 859 students
PublicMonte Bella ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 812 students
PublicHenry F. Kammann ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 743 students
PublicFremont ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 711 students
PublicNatividad ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 705 students
PublicMission Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 657 students
PublicJesse G. Sanchez ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 646 students
PublicLincoln ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 646 students
PublicFrank Paul ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 638 students
PublicCesar E. Chavez ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 628 students
PublicLos Padres ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 620 students
PublicAlisal CommunityElementary · Grades K–6 · 591 students
PublicDr. Martin Luther King Jr. AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 577 students
PublicDr. Oscar F. Loya ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 573 students
PublicRoosevelt ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 560 students
PublicBardin ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 559 students
PublicEl Gabilan ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 548 students
PublicSanta Rita ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 545 students
PublicMonterey Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 541 students
PublicCreekside ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 534 students
PublicVirginia Rocca Barton ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 526 students
PublicUniversity Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 488 students
PublicJohn E. Steinbeck ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 486 students
PublicNew Republic ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 482 students
PublicLoma Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 445 students
PublicMcKinnonElementary · Grades K–5 · 439 students
PublicLaurel Wood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 417 students
PublicOasis Charter PublicElementary · Grades K–6 · 193 students
C-CharterSalinas City Virtual AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 99 students
PublicAlisal Virtual AcademyElementary · Grades 1–6 · 22 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.