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Santa Lucia Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4627^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 21% of California elementary schools

Summary

Santa Lucia Elementary is a public K-5 school serving 637 students in the King City Union school district, which faces significant challenges, but the school itself shows several areas of relative strength and recent improvement.

While the school's overall academic performance is in the lower quartile statewide, it has important strengths compared to its district peers, including outperforming the district average in Mathematics and Science. The school is particularly effective with its English Language Learner students and has made impressive progress reducing chronic absenteeism, now posting a better attendance rate than nearby Del Rey Elementary and King City Arts Magnet. Notably, fifth graders at Santa Lucia consistently perform well, often exceeding district averages, which suggests successful upper-grade programs.

When compared to other small schools in the area, like the higher-performing Mission Elementary, Santa Lucia's outcomes highlight that school size alone isn't a guarantee of success. The school's per-student spending is higher than many neighbors, and this investment correlates with its improving attendance and slight gains in statewide ranking. The most pressing concern is very low third-grade scores, which stands in contrast to the stronger fifth-grade performance and indicates an area needing focused support.

637

Students ?

22.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,441

Per pupil spending ?

88.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

502 Collins St.
King City, CA 93930-3233

(831) 385-3246

District: King City Union

Students who attend Santa Lucia Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Chalone Peaks Middle
High:	King City High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.4%

White:

2.0%

Asian:

2.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 10th percentile in 2022 → 21st in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 21st (2025) from a 10th-percentile low (2022)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (24% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 20 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg24%

California avg41%

4,627^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 21%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 21% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Elementary Schools in the King City Union

1293^rd of 1,543King City 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	22.5	4627 of 5857	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	4867 of 5869	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	5141 of 5859	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	5304 of 5883	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.6	4481 of 5789	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.1	4070 of 5662	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	26.0	4171 of 5692	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.3	4767 of 5614	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.8	4858 of 5611	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	45.1	3001 of 5530	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2012	41.8	3145 of 5390	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	40.7	3194 of 5377	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	16.2	4839 of 5314	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	11.7	4924 of 5193	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	18.8	4387 of 5113	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	15.7	4310 of 4818	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	14.3	4381 of 4822	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	14.6	4365 of 4809	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	17.6	2179 of 2227	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.4	2100 of 2585	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	1899 of 2128	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	35.9	2119 of 3162	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.5	1978 of 3245	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.8	2134 of 3311	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.5	2025 of 3275	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.5	2213 of 3246	31.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.9	4527 of 5597	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	4416 of 5612	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.4	5006 of 5609	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.3	5060 of 5635	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.6	3932 of 5492	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.4	3810 of 5413	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.5	3646 of 5107	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.9	3809 of 5107	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	4210 of 5087	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.0	4356 of 5084	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.7	3411 of 4963	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.5	3106 of 4830	35.7%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.4	285 of 429	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.9	200 of 364	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.1	208 of 335	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.1	186 of 356	47.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.1	3894 of 5460	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.9	4159 of 5517	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.7	4475 of 5363	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	4427 of 5264	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.3	3554 of 5173	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.4	3210 of 5084	36.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.4	4341 of 5628	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.3	4882 of 5643	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.7	4843 of 5638	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.6	5069 of 5663	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.7	4605 of 5510	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.1	4097 of 5431	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	2374 of 2847	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.4	2036 of 2635	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.2	2190 of 2420	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)34th percentile+13 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)33rd percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)19th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)17th percentile-4 vs school

Disabled (2022)2nd percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy29%-20 vs state

Mathematics22%-16 vs state

Science19%-14 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)	% 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
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
San Lucas Elementary	Public	K-8	53675 San Benito St.	San Lucas	93954	Monterey County	San Lucas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 382-4426	72	3	20.8	97.2%	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13.1	5415^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.5%					(n/a)	0.0		20.0			36.4				36.0			0.0				18.0			$28,118	$4,101	$24,017
Oak Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	1239 Oak Ave.	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-5916	693	31	22.7	86.7%	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	681 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25.2	4372^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	25.4%		24.9	4372^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	25.5%		14.7		14.7	27.0	25.0	24.0	39.2			28.8	39.1	17.3	19.6	32.7			26.8	98.0	98.0	$20,131	$3,128	$17,003
Cesar Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	250 Apple Ave.	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-2412	642	29	22.1	70.2%	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	629 (98.0%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22.3	4649^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.6%		16.9	5126^th of 5869 public elementary schools	12.7%	477	25.3		25.3	23.3	34.8	34.3	21.5			28.4	21.8	23.3	24.0	14.1			20.9			$20,436	$3,243	$17,193
Arroyo Seco Academy	Public	K-6	1226 Apple Ave.	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-6080	571	25	22.8	83.5%	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	566 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15.7	5209^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.1%		11.5	5583^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	4.9%	374	11.3		11.3	36.4	12.7	16.7	26.4			23.1	27.9	11.5	15.0	12.4			16.6			$21,397	$3,261	$18,136
Mary Chapa Academy	Public	K-6	490 El Camino Real	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-5586	686	30	22.8	90.1%	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	674 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	25	4393^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	25.0%		18.7	4959^th of 5869 public elementary schools	15.5%	566	10.6		10.6	19.2	26.8	25.9	45.7			29.7	33.0	25.4	9.3	32.7			25.5			$20,946	$3,045	$17,901
Bitterwater-Tully Elementary	Public	K-8	45980 Airline Hwy State Highwa	King City	93930	San Benito County	Bitterwater-Tully Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-5339	35	2	17.5	31.4%	14 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)								(n/a)			25.0							64.7							17.7			$18,668	$1,953	$16,715
Mission Elementary	Public	K-8	36825 Foothill Rd.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Mission Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-3524	130	6	21.6	36.9%	29 (22.3%)	2 (1.5%)	93 (71.5%)	6 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45.1	2875^th of 5857 public elementary schools	50.9%		45.6	2824^th of 5869 public elementary schools	51.9%	51	7.1	27.3	16.0	50.0	36.4	64.3	86.7	35.7	63.6	57.0	35.7	36.4	14.3	20.0	35.7	36.4	29.1			$15,447	$334	$15,113

Frequently Asked Questions about Santa Lucia Elementary

What district is Santa Lucia Elementary in?

King City Union

What is the racial makeup of Santa Lucia Elementary?

Students at Santa Lucia Elementary are 95% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% Asian.

Is Santa Lucia Elementary a good school?

Santa Lucia Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.0% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Santa Lucia Elementary attend?

Students who attend Santa Lucia Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Chalone Peaks Middle
High : King City High

How many students attend Santa Lucia Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 637 students attended Santa Lucia Elementary.

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