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King City Union

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At a glance

1291^stof 1,530 California districts▲ 2

Better than 15% of California districts

Elementary 3 Middle 2Grades K-8

104 South Vanderhurst Ave.
King City, CA 93930-2919·(831) 385-2940·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 15.6% of districts

Schools

2,554

Students

Top rankedKing City Arts Magnet3710^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

King City Arts Magnet up 204 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Chalone Peaks Middle 21.7 students per teacher

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Summary:

King City Union has four schools serving 2,554 students: three elementary schools for grades K–5 and one middle school for grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, the four-school average was 31% proficient in ELA, 23% in math and 21% in science, compared with state figures of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is that every school was below the state result in all three subjects.

King City Arts Magnet leads the all-grades results, with 38% proficient in ELA, 28% in math and 26% in science; it is ahead of the next-highest school by 8, 1 and 1 percentage points, respectively. Chalone Peaks Middle is lowest in all three subjects, at 28%, 15% and 15%; it trails the next-lowest school by 1 point in ELA, 7 in math and 4 in science. Among elementary schools, Del Rey Elementary leads third-grade ELA and math, at 27% and 28%, while Arts Magnet leads in fourth and fifth grades. Its fifth-grade ELA result, 51%, is 2 points above the state figure. All-grades comparisons include schools serving different grade spans, so grade-matched results offer useful context.

Recent results are mixed: the four-school average changed by −1 percentage point in ELA, +1 in math and +6 in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Science gains were strongest at Del Rey, up 13 points, and Arts Magnet, up 8, though both remain below the state. SchoolDigger rates the district 1 star and at the 13th percentile; among schools, Arts Magnet has 2 stars and the others have 1. Its school percentile rose from 24 to 36 over three years, while Chalone Peaks fell from 16 to 14. All four schools report free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) measures for 2024–2025: 92% at Chalone Peaks, 84% at Del Rey, 89% at Santa Lucia Elementary and 88% at Arts Magnet. Arts Magnet has the smallest enrollment, 424 students, but its 22.3 student-teacher ratio is not the lowest among the elementary schools; Del Rey’s is 21.8.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2024-25)		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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	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%)	17	2348^th of 2740 public middle schools	14.3%		20	2221^st of 2761 public middle schools	19.6%	127		15.3	15.3				26.0	28.0	31.1	28.4				12.9	12.7	18.3	14.7			$21,291	$1,740	$19,551
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%)	21	4725^th of 5817 public elementary schools	18.8%		22.5	4627^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.0%	98	19.5		19.5	17.7	27.6	42.9				28.9	22.4	17.2	24.7				21.3	≥ 99%		$20,397	$1,452	$18,945
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%)	25.3	4360^th of 5817 public elementary schools	25.0%		24	4501^st of 5857 public elementary schools	23.2%	141	25.0		25.0	26.8	25.3	37.6				30.0	27.8	28.4	24.0				26.7	98%	0%	$20,889	$1,674	$19,215
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%)	33.4	3710^th of 5817 public elementary schools	36.2%		30.6	3914^th of 5857 public elementary schools	33.2%	204	25.8		25.8	18.3	42.4	50.8				37.6	23.3	30.3	30.7				28.2	≥ 98%		$19,557	$1,463	$18,094
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	1145^th
Greenfield Union Elementary	8.88 mi	5	1409^th
San Lucas Union Elementary	9.21 mi	1
Bitterwater-Tully Elementary	13.26 mi	1
Mission Union Elementary	17.28 mi	1	723^rd

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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.

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