Salinas City Elementary runs schools through 6th grade. Its 15 public elementary schools run from the 1st to the 64th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Middle and high school are run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.
K6Elementary
712Middle and high
Salinas City Elementary · grades K–6
Another district · grades 7–12
Elementary · 15 schools
from 1st to 64th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Lincoln Elementary: 64th percentile, Solid
Boronda Elementary: 59th percentile, Solid
Los Padres Elementary: 55th percentile, Solid
Salinas City STEAM Academy: 41st percentile, Developing
University Park Elementary: 27th percentile, Developing
Mission Park Elementary: 27th percentile, Developing
Boronda Meadows: 24th percentile, Needs Support
Laurel Wood Elementary: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
Henry F. Kammann Elementary: 20th percentile, Needs Support
Monterey Park Elementary: 11th percentile, Needs Support
Sherwood Elementary: 7th percentile, Needs Support
Loma Vista Elementary: 5th percentile, Needs Support
Natividad Elementary: 4th percentile, Needs Support
Roosevelt Elementary: 3rd percentile, Needs Support
El Gabilan Elementary: 1st percentile, Needs Support
9Needs Support
3Developing
3Solid
0Strong
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One dot per school.
Schools around the Salinas City Elementary district
The average elementary school in the Salinas City Elementary district had 20 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.
The district
Where does Salinas City Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Salinas City Elementary district spent $23,037 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 68 cents of every Salinas City Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction.
Spending by function
Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.
Share by function, 2024–25
Instruction68%
Instruction support11%
Student services6%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance8%
Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.
What the district plans
$29.2 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 56 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 17% of its $174.6 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.
The plan in short
Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 184 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
The money is spread out. No action gets more than 13%, and the three largest, Paraprofessional Support for Unduplicated Students, Vice Principals and Intervention Teacher Support, take 29% between them. The plan itself puts 87% of it toward staff.
Paraprofessional Support for Unduplicated Students $3.7 million
Vice Principals $2.5 million
Intervention Teacher Support $2.3 million
53 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
6 of the plan’s 56 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
Catch-up help $2.6 million
English learners $0.2 million
Largest of these
Intervention Teacher Support$2.3 million
Tutoring Services$230,000
Long Term English Language Learner - Teacher and Support Staff$110,000
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students
It plans $27.6 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $26.6 million and estimates it spent $27.0 million, $0.4 million (2%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$27.0 million spent (estimated)$26.6 million planned
What changed
The total is $1.1 million (4%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Tutoring Services, which went from $911,812 to $230,000.
Largest cuts
Tutoring Services−$681,812
Paraprofessional Support for Unduplicated Students−$560,921
Learning for All Students at School Sites−$390,000
Largest increases
Academic Coaches+$488,000
Grade Level Release Teachers+$400,000
English Language Learner - Teacher and Support Staff+$354,000
New in the 2026–27 plan
Classroom Teachers to Reduce Class Size and Combination Classes$1.8 million
Online Supplemental Platforms$506,084
Field Trips and Learning Experiences (district funded)$479,258
Ask: What did Tutoring Services pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $681,812 less?
What its goals measure
Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.
What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 3 · Cultivate Quality Staff to Provide Excellent Service
25%
29%
up 4 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 3 and 4
22%
23%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2 · Safe, Positive, and Well-Resourced Schools
20 in 100
20 in 100
no change
Suspended at least onceGoals 2 and 3
1.7%
1.9%
up 0.2 pts
Goal 5 tracks named schools and Goal 1 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.
Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.
The plan’s own titles and amounts
Paraprofessional Support for Unduplicated Students · $3,739,079
Vice Principals · $2,500,000
Intervention Teacher Support · $2,281,160
The full plan5 goals, 37 measures and where the money goes
We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($29.2 million).
Where does the money go?
62% to Goal 1, Fostering Inclusive Academic Excellence. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.
Physical and Mental Health Supports · $160,000 · p. 134 ↗new or renamed
District Supports to Decrease Chronic Absenteeism · $103,000 · p. 134 ↗new or renamed
SEL and MTSS - Materials and Supports · $70,000 · p. 134 ↗new or renamed
Restorative Practices and Bully Prevention · $50,000 · p. 134 ↗new or renamed
Student Leadership · $45,000 · p. 132 ↗new or renamed
MTSS & SEL - Monitoring and Support · $43,000 → $30,000 · p. 132 ↗−$13,000
Positive School Events · $40,000 → $20,000 · p. 132 ↗−$20,000
Health Technicians and support staff · $10,000 → $5,000 · p. 133 ↗−$5,000
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 10 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 41 ↗.
Goal 3Cultivate Quality Staff to Provide Excellent Service$5.7 million20% of action budgets
8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.4 million (+$329,000) · p. 58 ↗
Largest funded actions
Academic Coaches$2.0 millionaction 3.7 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Grade Level Release Teachers$1.2 millionaction 3.8 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Development Days and Additional Hourly$1.1 millionaction 3.6 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Incentives and Stipends for Hard to Fill Positions$0.8 millionaction 3.4 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
New Teacher Supports Program$0.4 millionaction 3.5 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
3 more funded actions in this goal
District-wide consultation and support · action 3.10 · p. 135 ↗$0.2 million
ELL, Newcomer, LTEL - Professional Learning and Training · action 3.2 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Professional Learning to develop strong Tier I supports · action 3.1 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Academic Coaches+$0.5 million$1.5 million → $2.0 million · p. 135 ↗
Grade Level Release Teachers+$0.4 million$0.8 million → $1.2 million · p. 135 ↗
Professional Learning to develop strong Tier I supports−$300,000$315,000 → $15,000 · p. 134 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Professional Development Days and Additional Hourly · $1.2 million → $1.1 million · p. 135 ↗−$0.1 million
Incentives and Stipends for Hard to Fill Positions · $500,000 → $800,000 · p. 134 ↗+$300,000
New Teacher Supports Program · $350,000 · p. 135 ↗new or renamed
District-wide consultation and support · $500,000 → $200,000 · p. 135 ↗−$300,000
ELL, Newcomer, LTEL - Professional Learning and Training · $100,000 → $100,000 · p. 134 ↗unchanged
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 6 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 58 ↗.
Goal 4Enhance Belonging and Strengthen Home, School, and Community Partnerships$1.6 million5% of action budgets
8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.7 million (−$120,500) · p. 71 ↗
Largest funded actions
Parent Coordinators$1.1 millionaction 4.5 · p. 136 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Parent Training$0.2 millionaction 4.7 · p. 136 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Foster Youth and Homeless - Certificated and Support Staff$0.1 millionaction 4.2 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Translation Clerk$0.1 millionaction 4.1 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Foster Youth and Homeless - Supplies and Resourcesunder $0.1 millionaction 4.3 · p. 136 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
3 more funded actions in this goal
Districtwide Communication Platform · action 4.6 · p. 136 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
SPED - Parent Training · action 4.8 · p. 136 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Foster Youth and Homeless - FRC Clerical Support · action 4.4 · p. 136 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Parent Training−$95,000$295,000 → $200,000 · p. 136 ↗
Parent Coordinators−$37,500$1.1 million → $1.1 million · p. 136 ↗
Foster Youth and Homeless - Supplies and Resources+$25,000$25,000 → $50,000 · p. 136 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Foster Youth and Homeless - Certificated and Support Staff · $160,000 → $147,000 · p. 135 ↗−$13,000
Translation Clerk · $50,600 → $50,600 · p. 135 ↗unchanged
Districtwide Communication Platform · $50,000 → $50,000 · p. 136 ↗unchanged
SPED - Parent Training · $12,000 → $12,000 · p. 136 ↗unchanged
Foster Youth and Homeless - FRC Clerical Support · $1,500 → $1,500 · p. 136 ↗unchanged
How the plan measures it · 5 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 71 ↗.
Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalOver the next three years, Salinas Virtual Academy (now Salinas City STEAM Academy, "SCSA") will reduce…$111,000under 1% of action budgets
“Over the next three years, Salinas Virtual Academy (now Salinas City STEAM Academy, "SCSA") will reduce chronic absenteeism and increase academic performance in English Language Arts and Mathematics for Hispanic students, homeless students, and socioeconomically disadvantaged students—our identified Equity Multiplier student groups. Progress will be measured using California School Dashboard indicators for Chronic Absenteeism, as well as local attendance and assessment data. Targeted actions will include proactive attendance monitoring, personalized family outreach, culturally responsive engagement strategies, and expanded learning opportunities designed to meet the unique needs of students in a virtual learning environment. By creating these engaging experiences at SCSA and more focused outreach from the staff, work completion will increase, and Chronic Absenteeism rates will decrease” p. 80 ↗
All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.
Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends
Student mix
2024–25 · October enrollment count, 8,236 students
1Hispanic or Latino91%
2White4%
3Two or more races2%
4Not reported<1%
5Filipino<1%
6American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
7Black or African American<1%
8Asian<1%
9Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
70%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 5,741 of 8,236 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.
The district’s state records
Is the state giving the district extra help?
The state is giving Salinas City Elementary extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 49% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (1,424 of 2,893 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
2 schools getting state support, 2025–26
Roosevelt Elementary (Targeted support) · Salinas City STEAM Academy (Targeted support)
This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.
Which public schools in the Salinas City Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Lincoln Elementary, 64th percentile (Solid). Each percentile is among the California elementary schools we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
Does living in the Salinas City Elementary district decide which school my child attends?
Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in the Salinas City Elementary district good?
Salinas City Elementary’s 15 public elementary schools run from the 1st to the 64th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Solid, 3 Developing and 9 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.
How does chronic absence in the Salinas City Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Salinas City Elementary district had 20 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does the Salinas City Elementary district spend per student?
The Salinas City Elementary district spent $23,037 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 68 cents of every Salinas City Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.
What is in the Salinas City Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $29.2 million into 56 funded actions in 5 goals, 17% of its $174.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $18.0 million, 62% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.
Sources and methodology
This page lists the public schools governed and funded by the Salinas City Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.