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Frank Paul Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5347^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of California elementary schools

Summary

Frank Paul Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 638 students in the Alisal Union School District in Salinas, an area where the district ranks in the bottom 14% statewide.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of all California elementary schools. Proficiency rates in English (22.74%), math (14.33%), and science (3.33%) are well below both district and state averages. Performance varies dramatically by grade, with 6th graders performing relatively well in English while 5th graders score extremely low across all subjects. The school's academic standing has declined considerably over the past decade. While per-student spending is now the highest among comparable nearby schools at $21,689, these increased resources have not yet translated into improved academic outcomes.

When compared to other local schools, Frank Paul underperforms relative to peers with similar student populations. For instance, Alisal Community and Cesar E. Chavez Elementary achieve higher proficiency rates. A positive note is the school's improvement in chronic absenteeism, which has dropped from over 30% to 18.5%, though this rate remains higher than at schools like Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy (10.7%). The school shows a notable performance gap between male and female students, with female students ranking in a significantly lower percentile statewide.

638

Students ?

24.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,689

Per pupil spending ?

92%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1300 Rider Ave.
Salinas, CA 93905-1263

(831) 753-5740

District: Alisal Union

Students who attend Frank Paul Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

La Paz Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.5%

White:

0.8%

Asian:

0.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 42nd percentile in 2013 → 9th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (17% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 33 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg24%

California avg41%

5,347^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 9% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 12Elementary Schools in the Alisal Union

1327^th of 1,543Alisal Union 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	14.0	5347 of 5857	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	4719 of 5869	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.3	5003 of 5859	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.5	5223 of 5883	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.9	4549 of 5789	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.8	5114 of 5662	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	22.0	4513 of 5692	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	14.8	5054 of 5614	10.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	20.3	4597 of 5611	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	41.4	3226 of 5530	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2012	16.8	4852 of 5390	10.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	24.4	4381 of 5377	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	19.8	4609 of 5314	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	16.8	4629 of 5193	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	19.3	4384 of 5113	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	18.5	4410 of 5113	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	17.5	4165 of 4818	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	20.0	3968 of 4822	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	13.8	4427 of 4809	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	22.2	1906 of 2227	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	2258 of 2585	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.3	2100 of 2128	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	27.8	2706 of 3162	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	45.2	1468 of 3245	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	36.4	2096 of 3311	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.6	1064 of 3275	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.1	1006 of 3246	69.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.2	5415 of 5597	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	4668 of 5612	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.3	5108 of 5609	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.5	5046 of 5635	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	4068 of 5492	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.9	4709 of 5413	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.1	4640 of 5107	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	28.9	3807 of 5107	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.2	4163 of 5087	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	4327 of 5084	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.1	3547 of 4963	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.8	4196 of 4830	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.9	337 of 429	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	52.0	151 of 364	58.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	4892 of 5460	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.5	4191 of 5517	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.6	4253 of 5363	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	4361 of 5264	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.9	3719 of 5173	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.1	4398 of 5084	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.7	4722 of 5628	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.9	4372 of 5643	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.9	4355 of 5638	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	4842 of 5663	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.8	4686 of 5510	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.6	4996 of 5431	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.1	57 of 78	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	48.1	35 of 74	52.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	22.0	2106 of 2420	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Migrant (2025)27th percentile+18 vs school

Homeless (2025)21st percentile+13 vs school

Male (2025)16th percentile+7 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)14th percentile-5 vs school

Disabled (2022)14th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2023)13th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile~ school

Female (2025)3rd percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy23%-26 vs state

Mathematics14%-23 vs state

Science3%-29 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)					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 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 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 All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Frank Paul Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 Rider Ave.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5740	638	27	24.0	92.0%	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	622 (97.5%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	14	5347^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.7%		21.5	4719^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.6%	628	3.3	3.3	20.8	22.5	9.1	40.8	22.7	24.1	14.6	5.6	14.3	14.3	$21,689	$2,882	$18,807
Virginia Rocca Barton Elementary	Public	K-6	680 Las Casitas Dr.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5770	526	20	26.3	94.1%	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	517 (98.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23.9	4503^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	23.1%		30.2	3909^th of 5869 public elementary schools	33.4%	594	4.7	4.7	22.7	32.5	10.8	40.8	26.4	42.1	26.7	8.2	31.3	26.6	$22,357	$3,357	$19,000
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	1225 Towt St.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5224	628	24	26.1	95.1%	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	621 (98.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27.4	4183^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	28.6%		27	4199^th of 5869 public elementary schools	28.5%	16	13.1	13.1	25.0	34.7	36.9	43.3	35.4	30.9	27.7	15.6	28.6	24.7	$21,177	$3,536	$17,641
Alisal Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	1-6	1770 Kittery St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(831) 753-5700	22	3	7.3	81.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (90.9%)	2 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							6.3					0.0	$31,587	$2,663	$28,924
Creekside Elementary	Public	K-6	1770 Kittery St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5252	534	21	25.4	75.7%	15 (2.8%)	2 (0.4%)	484 (90.6%)	21 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.9%)	20.7	4771^st of 5857 public elementary schools	18.5%		23	4580^th of 5869 public elementary schools	22.0%	191	26.6	26.6	15.5	17.8	46.8	24.7	26.7	15.5	14.9	26.6	2.7	15.2	$21,166	$3,721	$17,445
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary	Public	K-6	1505 Cougar Dr.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 751-1945	573	27	21.6	89.2%	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	562 (98.1%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24.3	4472^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	23.6%		19.4	4911^th of 5869 public elementary schools	16.3%	439	28.4	28.4	24.3	20.8	47.8	24.1	28.8	23.2	13.9	31.3	16.3	20.8	$22,054	$3,691	$18,363
Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy	Public	K-6	925 North Sanborn Rd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-3916	577	24	24.5	96.2%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	575 (99.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.3	5068^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.5%		18.3	5003^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	14.8%	65	5.3	5.3	12.5	27.4	23.1	20.8	21.0	32.1	29.4	22.1	11.4	23.9	$20,715	$3,172	$17,543
Alisal Community	Public	K-6	1437 Del Monte Ave.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5720	591	24	24.6	94.2%	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	587 (99.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34	3652^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	37.6%		35.8	3454^th of 5869 public elementary schools	41.1%	198	20.3	20.3	27.0	33.3	44.6	50.0	39.1	29.9	27.2	31.1	24.1	27.9	$21,569	$2,662	$18,907
Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary	Public	K-6	901 North Sanborn Rd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5760	646	27	23.9	98.0%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	643 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17.6	5050^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.8%		13.8	5403^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	7.9%	353	13.4	13.4	20.0	19.1	32.9	17.2	22.0	26.3	17.9	25.6	18.3	22.0	$21,953	$2,889	$19,064
Monte Bella Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 Tuscany Blvd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5700	812	31	26.1	86.2%	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	785 (96.7%)	14 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.9%)	37.4	3390^th of 5857 public elementary schools	42.1%		33	3690^th of 5869 public elementary schools	37.1%	300	23.1	23.1	35.6	29.5	48.4	41.3	39.0	43.3	24.1	32.0	28.6	31.7	$20,357	$2,696	$17,661

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Is Frank Paul Elementary a good school?

Frank Paul Elementary ranks in the bottom 8.7% of California elementary schools.

What district is Frank Paul Elementary in?

Alisal Union

What schools do graduates of Frank Paul Elementary attend?

Students who attend Frank Paul Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : La Paz Middle

How many students attend Frank Paul Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 638 students attended Frank Paul Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Frank Paul Elementary?

Students at Frank Paul Elementary are 97% Hispanic.

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