Schools · Tres Pinos

Tres Pinos, CA schools

Tres Pinos’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 24.5% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 85% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend Tres Pinos Elementary through grade 8, then Hollister High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade

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Tres Pinos’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Tres Pinos’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation.

C-Test scoresC-Graduation

California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 49%

Lower resultsHigher results

Lower confidence. Built on 38 tested students and a graduating class of 761. 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 Tres Pinos kids go to school

Grades K–8

CTres Pinos Elementary 61 students · Tres Pinos Tres Pinos Union Elementary School District

Grades 9–12

Hollister High 3,316 students · Hollister San Benito High School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades 9–12, San Benito High)10%

State average 48.5% · reported as a range, 0–20% (a small group)

Reading (grades K–8, Tres Pinos Union Elementary)24.5%

State average 48.5%

Math (grades 9–12, San Benito High)10%

State average 33.4% · reported as a range, 0–20% (a small group)

Math (grades K–8, Tres Pinos Union Elementary)15%

State average 33.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

85% graduate on time

Graduation rate

85%

CA: 87.6%

Graduating class

761

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Tres Pinos

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San Benito High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 2 schools · 3,390 students

$16,881 per studentCA $21,206B-🏫

Tres Pinos Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 1 school · 61 students

$19,209 per studentCA $21,206D

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Tres Pinos

There’s no college in Tres Pinos, but 4 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Gavilan College in Gilroy, 19.1 miles away.

Gavilan CollegeCommunity college · Public · Gilroy19.1 mi3,730 students

Central Coast CollegeCareer school · For-profit · Salinas19.8 mi565 students

Hartnell CollegeCommunity college · Public · Salinas21.2 mi6,904 students California State University-Monterey BayUniversity or college · Public · Seaside28.5 mi6,204 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Tres Pinos. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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