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Marina Vista Elementary

Public Grades K-6

4478^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 24% of California elementary schools

Summary

Marina Vista Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 466 students in the Monterey Peninsula Unified district, which faces challenges as it ranks in the lower half of all districts in California.

The school faces significant hurdles, with academic proficiency in English and Math well below state averages and a chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% that is notably higher than most nearby schools like Ione Olson Elementary (9.9%) and J. C. Crumpton Elementary (14.1%). While the school serves a high-need population, its performance lags behind that of similar nearby schools; for example, J. C. Crumpton Elementary, located just a third of a mile away, achieves significantly higher proficiency rates despite serving a similar community.

There are some bright spots and opportunities: the school's science scores are a relative strength, outperforming its own math scores and even the district average. The school has also shown effective support for homeless students. However, performance is inconsistent across different student groups and grade levels, and the school spends less per student than several higher-performing peers in the district, such as Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula and Ord Terrace Elementary, suggesting room for improvement in resource allocation and instructional strategies.

466

Students ?

21.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,508

Per pupil spending ?

83.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

390 Carmel Ave.
Marina, CA 93933-3223

(831) 392-3580

District: Monterey Peninsula Unified

Students who attend Marina Vista Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Los Arboles Middle
High:	Marina High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

72.7%

Asian:

10.3%

White:

8.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2013 → 24th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 19 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg33%

California avg41%

4,478^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 16% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 10Elementary Schools in the Monterey Peninsula Unified

893^rd of 1,543Monterey Peninsula Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	4478 of 5857	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.7	4898 of 5869	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.4	4611 of 5859	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.1	4847 of 5883	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.6	5413 of 5789	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.1	4838 of 5662	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	23.9	4344 of 5692	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	21.4	4489 of 5614	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.2	4708 of 5611	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	21.7	4617 of 5530	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	44.2	2990 of 5390	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	23.8	4417 of 5377	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	26.0	4151 of 5314	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	35.6	3328 of 5193	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	32.7	3410 of 5113	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2007	51.0	2265 of 5113	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2006	40.4	2704 of 4818	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	53.3	2029 of 4822	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2004	40.0	2639 of 4809	45.1%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	28.8	1550 of 2227	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	15.9	2571 of 2585	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.7	1666 of 2128	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	27.4	2730 of 3162	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.9	3043 of 3245	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	40.1	1800 of 3311	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.1	2922 of 3275	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.0	2594 of 3246	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.5	4564 of 5597	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.8	4637 of 5612	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	4156 of 5609	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.3	4690 of 5635	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.2	4526 of 5492	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.3	3969 of 5413	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	4123 of 5107	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.9	4462 of 5107	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.3	4469 of 5087	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.9	4508 of 5084	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	4788 of 4963	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.1	4366 of 4830	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	44.3	233 of 429	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	60.9	101 of 364	72.3%	★★★★☆
2023	73.6	55 of 335	83.6%	★★★★☆
2022	57.3	111 of 356	68.8%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	4307 of 5460	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.0	4536 of 5517	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.2	4057 of 5363	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.5	4278 of 5264	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.0	4740 of 5173	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	24.6	4148 of 5084	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.3	3994 of 5628	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	4658 of 5643	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.8	4630 of 5638	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	4592 of 5663	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.5	5402 of 5510	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.1	5143 of 5431	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.4	2513 of 2847	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)46th percentile+22 vs school

Disabled (2022)30th percentile+13 vs school

Male (2025)29th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)19th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2025)18th percentile-5 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)14th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)12th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state

Science27%-5 vs state

Mathematics22%-15 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Marina Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	390 Carmel Ave.	Marina	93933	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 392-3580	466	21	21.7	83.5%	40 (8.6%)	14 (3.0%)	339 (72.7%)	48 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	19 (4.1%)	24.2	4478^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.5%		19.7	4898^th of 5869 public elementary schools	16.5%	420	27.3		27.3	23.5	24.2	37.9	35.0			30.0	21.0	28.8	18.2	20.0			21.8							$19,508	$17,592	$1,916
J. C. Crumpton Elementary	Public	K-6	460 Carmel Ave.	Marina	93933	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 392-3520	562	26	21.4	59.6%	90 (16.0%)	28 (5.0%)	303 (53.9%)	64 (11.4%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.2%)	69 (12.3%)	52	2495^th of 5857 public elementary schools	57.4%		52.9	2404^th of 5869 public elementary schools	59.0%	91	42.9		42.9	43.4	37.4	57.7	46.9			46.2	44.7	31.3	36.4	39.1			37.7	94.2	95.2		95.2	96.2	95.2	$20,931	$19,226	$1,705
Ione Olson Elementary	Public	K-6	261 Beach Rd.	Marina	93933	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 392-3590	409	21	19.9	68.2%	97 (23.7%)	20 (4.9%)	188 (46.0%)	50 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	43 (10.5%)	44.2	2937^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.9%		28.9	4030^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.3%	1093	18.6		18.6	46.8	34.8	53.5	32.6			41.9	53.2	32.6	32.6	34.9			38.6	94.7	97.4	97.4		96.1		$21,349	$19,482	$1,867
George C. Marshall Elementary	Public	K-6	225 Normandy Rd.	Seaside	93955	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 899-7052	516	23	22.2	55.4%	164 (31.8%)	55 (10.7%)	187 (36.2%)	39 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	63 (12.2%)	40.9	3156^th of 5857 public elementary schools	46.1%		44.5	2895^th of 5869 public elementary schools	50.7%	261	21.2		21.2	36.8	50.7	27.3	49.1			40.9	29.4	46.6	18.2	42.1			34.1							$20,477	$18,770	$1,707
Ord Terrace Elementary	Public	K-6	1755 La Salle Ave.	Seaside	93955	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 392-3922	397	20	19.8	91.2%	17 (4.3%)	7 (1.8%)	345 (86.9%)	6 (1.5%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	17 (4.3%)	25.9	4324^th of 5857 public elementary schools	26.2%		39	3233^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	44.9%	1091	8.3		8.3	36.2	27.5	21.7	42.6			32.7	33.3	15.7	14.9	30.7			24.2	97.2						$23,744	$20,916	$2,828
International School of Monterey	Public, Charter	K-8	1720 Yosemite St.	Seaside	93955	Monterey County	International School of Monterey District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 583-2165	439	21	21.3	32.1%	91 (20.7%)	23 (5.2%)	221 (50.3%)	46 (10.5%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	53 (12.1%)	34.9	3597^th of 5857 public elementary schools	38.6%		43.8	2937^th of 5869 public elementary schools	50.0%	660	26.9	29.2	28.0	40.8	37.7	38.5	39.2	69.2	56.3	46.9	30.6	28.3	32.7	19.6	38.5	39.6	31.5
Martin Luther King	Public	K-6	1713 Broadway	Seaside	93955	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 392-3970	548	27	20.1	89.2%	21 (3.8%)	22 (4.0%)	446 (81.4%)	27 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.6%)	22 (4.0%)	12.8	5436^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.2%		9.8	5693^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	3.0%	257	6.3		6.3	14.3	15.1	23.8	39.0			22.9	11.8	16.3	5.0	13.4			11.7							$21,264	$18,924	$2,340
Graves Elementary	Public	K-8	15 McFadden Rd.	Salinas	93908	Monterey County	Graves Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 422-6392	32	2	16.0	59.4%	2 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.1%)								(n/a)										45.8							25.0							$37,059	$36,320	$739
Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula	Public	K-8	1650 Sonoma Ave.	Seaside	93955	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 899-1100	410	18	22.7	77.8%	30 (7.3%)	3 (0.7%)	365 (89.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.7%)	21	4742^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	19.0%		27.5	4160^th of 5869 public elementary schools	29.1%	582	3.3	25.6	15.9	27.6	5.1	13.8	44.4	52.9	57.1	34.1	30.0	4.9	10.0	32.6	46.3	30.8	26.4							$23,975	$22,146	$1,829
Del Rey Woods Elementary	Public	K-6	1281 Plumas Ave.	Seaside	93955	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 392-3907	390	20	19.1	87.9%	25 (6.4%)	9 (2.3%)	320 (82.1%)	14 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	18 (4.6%)	29.4	4005^th of 5857 public elementary schools	31.6%		21.5	4720^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.6%	715	17.5		17.5	34.5	24.2	21.3	46.3			31.8	40.4	14.9	9.5	43.3			26.8							$23,464	$21,464	$2,000

Frequently Asked Questions about Marina Vista Elementary

How many students attend Marina Vista Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 466 students attended Marina Vista Elementary.

Is Marina Vista Elementary a good school?

Marina Vista Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.5% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Marina Vista Elementary attend?

Students who attend Marina Vista Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Los Arboles Middle
High : Marina High

What district is Marina Vista Elementary in?

Monterey Peninsula Unified

What is the racial makeup of Marina Vista Elementary?

Students at Marina Vista Elementary are 73% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American.

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