2025 California state test results

Monterey County school test scores and rankings

Across 117 public schools with results, the median reading proficiency was 35.4% and the median math proficiency was 22.0%. The median combined result ranked at the 29th percentile among comparable California schools.

Schools with scores

117

Students represented

69,565

Median school percentile

29th

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Schools

Rank combines reading and math standing among comparable California schools. CA Percentile shows that combined statewide standing. Select any header to sort.


1	Carmel High	High	Carmel Unified	15.1%	No	81.7%	65.7%	95th
2	Carmel River Elementary	Elementary	Carmel Unified	14.8%	No	79.6%	79.8%	95th
3	Pacific Grove High	High	Pacific Grove Unified	18.7%	No	83.3%	55.1%	94th
4	Robert Down Elementary	Elementary	Pacific Grove Unified	19.0%	No	73.4%	72.0%	89th
5	Big Sur Charter	Combined (K-8)	Big Sur Unified	27.7%	No	63.0%	48.1%	88th
6	Pacific Grove Middle	Middle	Pacific Grove Unified	15.9%	No	73.9%	58.5%	88th
7	Toro Park Elementary	Elementary	Washington Union Elementary	10.0%	No	66.2%	77.9%	87th
8	Carmel Middle	Middle	Carmel Unified	17.3%	No	72.1%	58.9%	87th
9	Tularcitos Elementary	Elementary	Carmel Unified	23.7%	No	67.1%	67.8%	84th
10	San Benancio Middle	Middle	Washington Union Elementary	10.3%	No	67.3%	54.4%	83rd
11	Washington Elementary	Elementary	Washington Union Elementary	12.3%	No	69.5%	61.0%	82nd
12	La Mesa	Combined (K-8)	Monterey Peninsula Unified	45.3%	No	56.6%	50.1%	80th
13	Salinas High	High	Salinas Union High	77.5%	No	68.7%	34.5%	77th
14	Monte Vista	Combined (K-8)	Monterey Peninsula Unified	45.9%	No	54.0%	44.3%	75th
15	Forest Grove Elementary	Elementary	Pacific Grove Unified	22.2%	No	58.6%	54.2%	72nd
16	Buena Vista Middle	Middle	Spreckels Union Elementary	17.4%	No	57.0%	42.7%	72nd
17	Monterey High	High	Monterey Peninsula Unified	58.2%	No	62.0%	27.8%	67th
18	Spreckels Elementary	Elementary	Spreckels Union Elementary	19.3%	No	54.2%	45.4%	64th
19	Mission Elementary	Combined (K-8)	Mission Union Elementary	36.9%	No	57.0%	29.1%	63rd
20	Lincoln Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	27.6%	No	50.0%	47.2%	62nd
21	King City High	High	South Monterey County Joint Union High	83.2%	No	65.7%	19.7%	62nd
22	Lagunita Elementary	Elementary	Lagunita Elementary	9.7%	No	50.0%	53.1%	62nd
23	Rose Ferrero Elementary	Elementary	Soledad Unified	81.9%	No	50.2%	40.1%	58th
24	International School of Monterey	Combined (K-8)	Monterey Peninsula Unified	33.5%	No	46.9%	31.5%	57th
25	Rancho San Juan High	High	Salinas Union High	84.1%	No	55.9%	20.9%	56th
26	Alisal High	High	Salinas Union High	95.2%	No	56.5%	20.2%	56th
27	Marina High	High	Monterey Peninsula Unified	77.9%	No	59.2%	17.8%	54th
28	Foothill Elementary	Elementary	Monterey Peninsula Unified	0.0%	No	41.1%	37.3%	54th
29	Chualar Elementary	Combined (K-8)	Chualar Union	83.8%	No	46.1%	29.2%	54th
30	J. C. Crumpton Elementary	Elementary	Monterey Peninsula Unified	59.6%	No	46.2%	37.7%	53rd
31	Uplift Monterey	Combined (K-12)	Bradley Union Elementary	0.0%	No	39.3%	13.8%	52nd
32	Ione Olson Elementary	Elementary	Monterey Peninsula Unified	68.2%	No	41.9%	38.5%	50th
33	Jack Franscioni Elementary	Elementary	Soledad Unified	85.9%	No	43.5%	33.9%	47th
34	North Salinas High	High	Salinas Union High	93.5%	No	47.8%	17.4%	46th
35	Washington Middle	Middle	Salinas Union High	81.7%	No	41.7%	25.2%	45th
36	George C. Marshall Elementary	Elementary	Monterey Peninsula Unified	55.5%	No	40.9%	34.1%	45th
37	Gonzales High	High	Gonzales Unified	83.9%	No	43.4%	18.2%	44th
38	Everett Alvarez High	High	Salinas Union High	92.7%	No	47.9%	14.6%	43rd
39	Captain Cooper Elementary	Elementary	Carmel Unified	48.9%	No	57.1%	71.4%	42nd
40	Uplift California North Charter	High	Bradley Union Elementary	0.0%	No	50.0%	7.1%	41st
41	Monte Bella Elementary	Elementary	Alisal Union	86.2%	No	39.0%	31.7%	40th
42	Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula	Combined (K-8)	Monterey Peninsula Unified	77.8%	No	34.1%	26.4%	39th
43	North Monterey County High	High	North Monterey County Unified	84.5%	No	52.1%	7.9%	38th
44	Greenfield High	High	South Monterey County Joint Union High	84.9%	No	50.5%	8.8%	38th
45	San Antonio Elementary	Combined (K-8)	San Antonio Union Elementary	41.8%	No	26.3%	33.3%	38th
46	El Sausal Middle	Middle	Salinas Union High	91.7%	No	36.6%	22.9%	37th
47	Los Arboles Middle	Middle	Monterey Peninsula Unified	75.5%	No	37.0%	22.6%	37th
48	Alisal Community	Elementary	Alisal Union	94.2%	No	39.1%	27.9%	37th
49	Mission Park Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	54.6%	No	40.4%	26.5%	37th
50	Boronda Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	42.4%	No	30.9%	34.6%	35th
51	Gabilan Elementary	Elementary	Soledad Unified	92.5%	No	38.5%	26.0%	34th
52	King City Arts Magnet	Elementary	King City Union	88.0%	No	37.4%	26.1%	33rd
53	Castroville Elementary	Elementary	North Monterey County Unified	90.5%	No	32.7%	28.6%	31st
54	Seaside High	High	Monterey Peninsula Unified	84.4%	No	40.3%	8.3%	31st
55	Soledad High	High	Soledad Unified	85.2%	No	41.5%	7.0%	30th
56	Seaside Middle	Middle	Monterey Peninsula Unified	83.5%	No	36.4%	17.9%	30th
57	Cesar E. Chavez Elementary	Elementary	Alisal Union	95.1%	No	35.4%	24.7%	30th
58	Walter Colton	Middle	Monterey Peninsula Unified	0.0%	No	36.8%	12.1%	30th
59	John E. Steinbeck Elementary	Elementary	Alisal Union	78.0%	No	35.5%	23.6%	29th
60	Del Rey Woods Elementary	Elementary	Monterey Peninsula Unified	87.9%	No	31.8%	26.8%	28th
61	New Republic Elementary	Elementary	Santa Rita Union Elementary	78.6%	No	31.0%	26.1%	27th
62	Del Rey Elementary	Elementary	King City Union	83.6%	No	32.1%	25.0%	27th
63	John Gutierrez Middle	Middle	Santa Rita Union Elementary	80.6%	No	33.5%	17.6%	26th
64	Ord Terrace Elementary	Elementary	Monterey Peninsula Unified	91.2%	No	32.7%	24.2%	26th
65	Pinnacle Coastal Valley High	High	South Monterey County Joint Union High	88.3%	No	26.1%	8.7%	26th
66	Oak Avenue Elementary	Elementary	Greenfield Union Elementary	86.7%	No	28.8%	26.8%	25th
67	La Gloria Elementary	Elementary	Gonzales Unified	77.9%	No	26.6%	28.5%	25th
68	Mary Chapa Academy	Elementary	Greenfield Union Elementary	90.1%	No	29.7%	25.5%	25th
69	Gavilan View Middle	Middle	Santa Rita Union Elementary	87.6%	No	33.6%	16.1%	24th
70	La Joya Elementary	Elementary	Santa Rita Union Elementary	89.0%	No	31.7%	22.8%	24th
71	Los Padres Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	80.5%	No	25.2%	28.6%	24th
72	La Paz Middle	Middle	Salinas Union High	93.4%	No	31.8%	17.3%	24th
73	Virginia Rocca Barton Elementary	Elementary	Alisal Union	94.1%	No	26.4%	26.6%	23rd
74	Pinnacles High	High	Soledad Unified	85.4%	No	8.7%	13.0%	22nd
75	Monterey Park Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	66.0%	No	27.3%	24.8%	22nd
76	Learning for Life Charter	Combined (7-12)	Monterey Peninsula Unified	61.3%	No	31.1%	9.5%	22nd
77	Frank Ledesma Elementary	Elementary	Soledad Unified	89.7%	No	31.6%	20.4%	21st
78	Portola-Butler Continuation High	High	South Monterey County Joint Union High	85.2%	No	18.8%	6.7%	21st
79	Marina Vista Elementary	Elementary	Monterey Peninsula Unified	83.5%	No	30.0%	21.8%	21st
80	Fairview Middle	Middle	Gonzales Unified	83.8%	No	33.9%	12.5%	21st
81	San Lucas Elementary	Combined (K-8)	San Lucas Union Elementary	97.2%	No	36.0%	18.0%	21st
82	Harden Middle	Middle	Salinas Union High	82.2%	No	30.5%	15.6%	20th
83	Prunedale Elementary	Elementary	North Monterey County Unified	84.0%	No	25.4%	25.3%	20th
84	McKinnon	Elementary	Santa Rita Union Elementary	87.2%	No	29.7%	21.1%	20th
85	Santa Lucia Elementary	Elementary	King City Union	88.5%	No	28.9%	21.6%	20th
86	El Puente	Combined (7-12)	Salinas Union High	93.6%	No	39.2%	4.2%	20th
87	Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary	Elementary	Alisal Union	89.2%	No	28.8%	20.8%	19th
88	Cesar Chavez Elementary	Elementary	Greenfield Union Elementary	70.4%	No	28.4%	20.9%	19th
89	Chalone Peaks Middle	Middle	King City Union	91.5%	No	30.3%	13.7%	18th
90	Main Street Middle	Middle	Soledad Unified	89.8%	No	25.6%	15.7%	16th
91	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy	Elementary	Alisal Union	96.2%	No	21.0%	23.9%	16th
92	San Ardo Elementary	Combined (K-8)	San Ardo Union Elementary	94.7%	No	12.5%	14.6%	14th
93	Elkhorn Elementary	Elementary	North Monterey County Unified	83.5%	No	27.3%	17.1%	14th
94	Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary	Elementary	Alisal Union	98.0%	No	22.0%	22.0%	14th
95	Laurel Wood Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	60.4%	No	25.0%	18.9%	14th
96	Sherwood Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	90.2%	No	20.4%	22.0%	13th
97	Creekside Elementary	Elementary	Alisal Union	75.8%	No	26.7%	15.2%	12th
98	University Park Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	70.3%	No	20.9%	20.1%	12th
99	Roosevelt Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	81.1%	No	21.2%	19.4%	11th
100	Bradley Elementary	Combined (K-8)	Bradley Union Elementary	31.5%	No	39.5%	21.1%	11th
101	Bardin Elementary	Elementary	Alisal Union	93.0%	No	23.3%	16.8%	11th
102	Boronda Meadows	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	77.3%	No	20.6%	18.9%	10th
103	Arroyo Seco Academy	Elementary	Greenfield Union Elementary	83.7%	No	23.1%	16.6%	10th
104	San Vicente Elementary	Elementary	Soledad Unified	92.8%	No	20.4%	17.1%	9th
105	Echo Valley Elementary	Elementary	North Monterey County Unified	89.2%	No	21.6%	15.7%	8th
106	Frank Paul Elementary	Elementary	Alisal Union	92.0%	No	22.7%	14.3%	8th
107	Henry F. Kammann Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	73.2%	No	19.2%	17.0%	8th
108	El Gabilan Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	78.3%	No	21.2%	15.4%	8th
109	Martin Luther King	Elementary	Monterey Peninsula Unified	89.2%	No	22.9%	11.7%	7th
110	North Monterey County Middle	Middle	North Monterey County Unified	87.8%	No	23.9%	7.9%	7th
111	Natividad Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	78.9%	No	19.4%	14.6%	6th
112	Vista Verde Middle	Middle	Greenfield Union Elementary	80.5%	No	19.4%	10.5%	6th
113	Fremont Elementary	Elementary	Alisal Union	97.0%	No	21.2%	11.9%	6th
114	Highland Elementary	Elementary	Monterey Peninsula Unified	0.0%	No	14.7%	9.1%	3rd
115	Santa Rita Elementary	Elementary	Santa Rita Union Elementary	97.8%	No	10.9%	10.1%	2nd
116	Loma Vista Elementary	Elementary	Salinas City Elementary	73.0%	No	10.3%	6.2%	1st
117	Graves Elementary	Combined (K-8)	Graves Elementary	59.4%	No	45.8%	25.0%	0th

Highest-ranked schools by level

Elementary schools

1
Carmel River Elementary
95th percentile
2
Robert Down Elementary
89th percentile
3
Toro Park Elementary
87th percentile
4
Tularcitos Elementary
84th percentile
5
Washington Elementary
82nd percentile

Middle schools

1
Pacific Grove Middle
88th percentile
2
Carmel Middle
87th percentile
3
San Benancio Middle
83rd percentile
4
Buena Vista Middle
72nd percentile
5
Washington Middle
45th percentile

High schools

1
Carmel High
95th percentile
2
Pacific Grove High
94th percentile
3
Salinas High
77th percentile
4
Monterey High
67th percentile
5
King City High
62nd percentile

School districts

District scores cover the entire district, including schools outside this place when district boundaries cross city lines. Select any header to sort.


1	Carmel Unified 5 schools districtwide	73.2%	65.8%	93rd
2	Pacific Grove Unified 4 schools districtwide	71.8%	60.2%	90th
3	Washington Union Elementary 3 schools districtwide	67.9%	59.9%	89th
4	Lagunita Elementary 1 schools districtwide	50.0%	53.1%	77th
5	Spreckels Union Elementary 2 schools districtwide	55.7%	43.9%	74th
6	Mission Union Elementary 1 schools districtwide	57.0%	29.1%	61st
7	Chualar Union 1 schools districtwide	46.1%	29.2%	51st
8	Graves Elementary 1 schools districtwide	45.8%	25.0%	46th
9	Monterey Peninsula Unified 20 schools districtwide	41.6%	27.4%	44th
10	South Monterey County Joint Union High 4 schools districtwide	54.2%	13.1%	42nd
11	Salinas Union High 10 schools districtwide	42.2%	20.1%	35th
12	Bradley Union Elementary 3 schools districtwide	39.5%	21.1%	32nd
13	San Antonio Union Elementary 1 schools districtwide	26.3%	33.3%	30th
14	Soledad Unified 9 schools districtwide	33.4%	20.6%	24th
15	San Lucas Union Elementary 1 schools districtwide	36.0%	18.0%	24th
16	Gonzales Unified 3 schools districtwide	32.7%	19.7%	22nd
17	Alisal Union 13 schools districtwide	28.6%	21.8%	20th
18	King City Union 4 schools districtwide	31.3%	18.6%	19th
19	Santa Rita Union Elementary 6 schools districtwide	29.7%	18.2%	17th
20	Salinas City Elementary 15 schools districtwide	25.1%	22.2%	17th
21	North Monterey County Unified 7 schools districtwide	29.1%	16.6%	16th
22	Big Sur Unified 1 schools districtwide	27.3%	18.2%	16th
23	Greenfield Union Elementary 5 schools districtwide	24.8%	18.6%	14th
24	San Ardo Union Elementary 1 schools districtwide	12.5%	14.6%	5th

Cities in Monterey County

Salinas54 schools Seaside9 schools Soledad9 schools King City8 schools Monterey7 schools Greenfield6 schools Marina6 schools Pacific Grove5 schools Castroville4 schools Carmel3 schools Gonzales3 schools

How these rankings work

Rankings use the latest available California reading and math results. Schools are compared with other California schools serving similar grade levels. Medians describe the typical local result and are not districtwide averages. Virtual schools are excluded, and cities with fewer than three scored schools are omitted from the indexed location directory.

Data sources and methodology Search all schools in Monterey