King City Union

Summary:

The King City Union school district in King City, California, consists of four public schools serving grades K-8 to approximately 2,500 students, all of which face significant academic challenges but are showing signs of gradual improvement.

Among the three elementary schools, King City Arts Magnet stands out as the highest-performing, with a better state rating and the strongest English Language Arts scores, and it has shown the most consistent improvement in recent years. Del Rey Elementary and Santa Lucia Elementary have similar academic profiles. The district's single middle school, Chalone Peaks Middle, has a notably lower rate of chronic student absenteeism compared to the elementary schools.

As a whole, the district's test scores in English, math, and science are substantially below state averages, despite the district spending more per student than the California average. A positive trend is that every school's statewide ranking has improved over the past three years, indicating that progress is being made across the King City Union district.

District Detail

104 South Vanderhurst Ave.
King City, CA 93930-2919

(831) 385-2940

SchoolDigger Rank:
1293^rd of 1543 California districts

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Grades served: K-8
Students: 2,554

Primary Schools: 3
Middle Schools: 2
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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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)	% Varicella (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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	% Varicella KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Chalone Peaks Middle	Public	6-8	667 Meyer St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	King City Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-4400	854	39	21.7	91.5%	19 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	817 (95.7%)	15 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	20	2221^st of 2761 public middle schools	19.6%		18	2343^rd of 2783 public middle schools	15.8%	122		15.3	15.3				22.9	38.1	30.2	30.3				10.2	17.4	13.5	13.7			$18,434	$2,767	$15,667
Santa Lucia Elementary	Public	K-5	502 Collins St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	King City Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-3246	637	28	22.7	88.5%	13 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	608 (95.4%)	13 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	22.5	4627^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.0%		20	4867^th of 5869 public elementary schools	17.1%	240	18.6		18.6	13.8	32.9	40.2				28.9	16.0	29.3	20.6				21.6			$19,441	$2,851	$16,590
Del Rey Elementary	Public	K-5	502 King St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	King City Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-4884	639	29	21.8	83.6%	16 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	609 (95.3%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	24	4501^st of 5857 public elementary schools	23.2%		20.7	4794^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.3%	293	11.7		11.7	28.9	40.2	26.7				32.1	31.5	28.4	15.8				25.0	98.4	98.4	$19,900	$3,068	$16,832
King City Arts Magnet	Public	K-5	415 Pearl St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	King City Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-5473	424	19	22.3	88.0%	15 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	405 (95.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30.6	3914^th of 5857 public elementary schools	33.2%		23.9	4475^th of 5869 public elementary schools	23.8%	561	17.9		17.9	18.8	45.3	47.8				37.4	26.6	32.8	19.4				26.2			$19,297	$3,103	$16,194
Special Education Preschool	Public		104 South Vanderhurst Ave.	King City	93930	Monterey County	King City Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 385-2940																			(n/a)
Phoenix Academy Community Day	Public	5-8	667 Meyer Ave.	King City	93930	Monterey County	King City Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-4400	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
South Monterey County Joint Union High	0.81 mi	4	1087^th
Greenfield Union Elementary	8.88 mi	5	1391^st
San Lucas Union Elementary	9.21 mi	1	1499^th
Bitterwater-Tully Elementary	13.26 mi	1
Mission Union Elementary	17.28 mi	1	613^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.

King City Union

District Detail

King City Arts Magnet

Del Rey Elementary

Santa Lucia Elementary

Chalone Peaks Middle

Phoenix Academy Community Day

Special Education Preschool

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