Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Chualar. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Chualar.
Chualar
2 scored schools near Chualar
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
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We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
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No charter schools are within 20 miles of Chualar.
3 magnets and schools of choice. You apply through the district, not the school.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Chualar?
1 scored elementary school is within 20 miles of Chualar. The closest is Salinas City STEAM Academy, 11.8 miles away.
Distance 11.8mi
Salinas City STEAM Academy
Salinas City Elementary · Grades K–6 · Check how it admits students.
171271% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 41st percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Chualar, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Chualar?
1 scored high school is within 20 miles of Chualar. The closest is North Monterey County Center for Independent Study, 16.4 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 16.4mi
North Monterey County Center for Independent Study
North Monterey County Unified · Grades 7–12 · Check how it admits students.
122266% below the standard
Scope Score 66Needs Support · 10th percentile
Continuation and other schools · 1
These schools are listed separately. Some are compared only with California schools of the same kind. Some have no score because students are placed there.
Distance 10.7mi
El Puente
Salinas Union High · Grades 7–12 · Check how it admits students.
1482% below the standard
Solid · 55th percentileRanked only against California alternative high schools.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Chualar, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
Private schools
Which private schools are near Chualar?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- Palma SchoolGrades 6–12 · 457 students10.4 mi
- Notre Dame High SchoolGrades 9–12 · 177 students10.5 mi
- Sacred Heart SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 337 students10.8 mi
- Madonna del Sasso SchoolGrades K–8 · 256 students11.1 mi
- Anthem Christian SchoolGrades K–8 · 174 students11.7 mi
- HomeGrades K–12 · 155 students13.4 mi
- York SchoolGrades 8–12 · 181 students16.0 mi
- St. Dunstan's Episcopal SchoolGrades Pre-K to transitional year after K · 3 students16.4 mi
- Chartwell SchoolGrades 2–12 · 160 students16.5 mi
- Ryan Ranch Childrens Center PreschoolGrades Pre-K–K · 16 students16.6 mi
- Peninsula Adventist SchoolGrades K–8 · 5 students17.5 mi
- All Saints' Episcopal Day SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 204 students17.8 mi
- Monterey Bay Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–12 · 174 students18.1 mi
- Hollister Montessori SchoolGrades Pre-K to transitional year after K · 5 students19.2 mi
- Santa Catalina SchoolGrades Pre-K–12 · 456 students19.6 mi
- Calvary Christian SchoolGrades K–11 · 101 students19.6 mi
- Spring AcademyGrades 1–12 · 40 students19.8 mi
17 private schools are within 20 miles of Chualar, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near Chualar?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- North Monterey County Unified1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Salinas City Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Salinas Union High1 public or charter school in the lists above