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Seaside Middle

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Seaside Middle ranks 1915 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 7-8

1915^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 31% of California middle schools

Summary

Seaside Middle is a public school serving 521 students in grades 7 and 8 within the Monterey Peninsula Unified district, operating in a community where over 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

The school has a significant strength in student attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate of just 9.7%, which is notably better than the district and state averages and even rivals some higher-performing schools like Buena Vista Middle. Academically, while overall test scores are below state averages, the school performs comparably to Los Arboles Middle in its own district in English and outperforms North Monterey County Middle in math despite similar student demographics. However, mathematics proficiency remains a persistent challenge, and there is concerning volatility in the performance of students in special education.

Compared to nearby schools in more affluent areas like Carmel Middle and Pacific Grove Middle, Seaside Middle's academic results are lower, a common pattern in the region linked to economic factors. The school spends more per student than many neighbors, and it excels in supporting specific groups, with military-connected students performing exceptionally well. For parents, the school shows a strong commitment to getting students to class and is competitive within its own district context, but it faces clear academic hurdles, particularly in math.

521

Students ?

19.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,301

Per pupil spending ?

83.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

999 Coe Ave.
Seaside, CA 93955-6589

(831) 899-7080

District: Monterey Peninsula Unified

Students who attend Seaside Middle usually attend:

High:

Seaside High

Feeder schools for Seaside Middle:

Elementary:	Del Rey Woods Elementary
	George C. Marshall Elementary
	Martin Luther King
	Ord Terrace Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

77.7%

White:

8.1%

African American:

5.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 35th percentile in 2013 → 31st in 2025

Worth a look

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

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 19 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg33%

California avg41%

1,915^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 31%▲ up 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 19% (2015) to bottom 31% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2Middle 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	27.4	1915 of 2761	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.2	2075 of 2783	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.1	1802 of 2781	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.3	2021 of 2740	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.6	2437 of 2715	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.9	2217 of 2480	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.7	2195 of 2508	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	20.1	2022 of 2497	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	20.6	2004 of 2477	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	36.0	1543 of 2379	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	26.3	1755 of 2259	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	31.5	1605 of 2236	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	29.6	1589 of 2179	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	27.5	1539 of 2063	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	22.6	1616 of 2005	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	25.8	1504 of 1999	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	27.8	1309 of 1804	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	30.9	1204 of 1777	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2004	44.4	891 of 1769	49.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.2	381 of 609	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	69.2	149 of 627	76.2%	★★★★☆
2023	40.9	333 of 613	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	89.9	40 of 637	93.7%	★★★★★
2019	36.7	386 of 643	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.5	315 of 600	47.5%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	36.6	856 of 1531	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.0	1036 of 1491	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	23.4	1203 of 1369	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.7	1090 of 1478	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	42.1	682 of 1521	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	29.9	1255 of 1540	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	1380 of 1442	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.1	1252 of 1364	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.7	1807 of 2533	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.4	1789 of 2551	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.4	1566 of 2531	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.4	1584 of 2509	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	15.7	2085 of 2380	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.5	1987 of 2262	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.6	1672 of 2395	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.6	1821 of 2388	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.6	1568 of 2374	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.8	1756 of 2359	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.6	2075 of 2213	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.6	1955 of 2072	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.7	221 of 477	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.0	200 of 394	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.3	157 of 320	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	37.0	205 of 336	39.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.2	1837 of 2542	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.3	1937 of 2579	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.5	1559 of 2531	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.7	1748 of 2458	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.4	2145 of 2369	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.5	2079 of 2230	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.4	1779 of 2534	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.8	2052 of 2552	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	1754 of 2538	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	18.5	2131 of 2527	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.0	2250 of 2407	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.4	2122 of 2273	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.4	36 of 194	81.4%	★★★★☆
2024	68.2	57 of 192	70.3%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.3	1539 of 1566	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	36.0	893 of 1552	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.3	588 of 1531	61.6%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	61.4	587 of 1520	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	24.9	1161 of 1537	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	49.9	745 of 1543	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	21.7	1272 of 1602	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.3	1171 of 1496	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Military Connected (2025)81st percentile+51 vs school

White (2025)61st percentile+31 vs school

Homeless (2025)54th percentile+23 vs school

Disabled (2022)44th percentile+18 vs school

African American (2025)37th percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)30th percentile~ school

Male (2025)30th percentile~ school

Female (2025)29th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile-3 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)26th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)2nd percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy36%-12 vs state

Science20%-13 vs state

Mathematics18%-19 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 (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 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Seaside Middle	Public	7-8	999 Coe Ave.	Seaside	93955	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 899-7080	521	27	19.5	83.5%	42 (8.1%)	26 (5.0%)	405 (77.7%)	20 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	14 (2.7%)	27.4	1915^th of 2761 public middle schools	30.6%		24.2	2075^th of 2783 public middle schools	25.4%	160	19.5	19.5		36.6	36.1	36.4		16.6	19.2	17.9	$21,301	$19,364	$1,937
Monterey Peninsula UNF School District COM Day MID	Public	6-8	200 Coe Ave.	Seaside	93955	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 392-3822	3	0	12.0		1 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Los Arboles Middle	Public	7-8	294 Hillcrest Ave.	Marina	93933	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 384-3550	408	23	17.8	75.5%	48 (11.8%)	23 (5.6%)	258 (63.2%)	60 (14.7%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.2%)	6 (1.5%)	32.8	1722^nd of 2761 public middle schools	37.6%		24.8	2043^rd of 2783 public middle schools	26.6%	321	24.0	24.0		34.9	38.9	37.0		24.6	20.8	22.6	$21,565	$19,476	$2,089
Pacific Grove Middle	Public	6-8	835 Forest Ave.	Pacific Grove	93950	Monterey County	Pacific Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 646-6568	439	25	17.2	15.9%	240 (54.7%)	9 (2.1%)	86 (19.6%)	58 (13.2%)	6 (1.4%)	5 (1.1%)	35 (8.0%)	91	252^nd of 2761 public middle schools	90.9%		87.2	340^th of 2783 public middle schools	87.8%	88	64.0	64.0	69.1	78.3	73.9	73.9	54.4	58.5	62.4	58.5	$35,220	$33,958	$1,262
San Benancio Middle	Public	6-8	43 San Benancio Rd.	Salinas	93908	Monterey County	Washington Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 484-1172	261	12	21.7	10.3%	138 (52.9%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (28.7%)	26 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.4%)	84.8	373^rd of 2761 public middle schools	86.5%		85.2	379^th of 2783 public middle schools	86.4%	6	50.0	50.0	66.2	75.0	59.5	67.3	57.8	52.1	54.1	54.4	$17,191	$16,706	$485
Carmel Middle	Public	6-8	4380 Carmel Valley Rd.	Carmel	93922	Monterey County	Carmel Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 624-2785	468	36	13.1	17.3%	293 (62.6%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (20.3%)	20 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (12.4%)	90.3	271^st of 2761 public middle schools	90.2%		91.2	250^th of 2783 public middle schools	91.0%	21	58.4	58.4	75.0	72.7	68.9	72.1	58.0	64.0	54.7	58.9	$50,747	$49,908	$839
Washington Middle	Public	7-8	560 Iverson St.	Salinas	93901	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7100	1,082	51	21.2	81.7%	62 (5.7%)	9 (0.8%)	977 (90.3%)	19 (1.8%)	9 (0.8%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	38.6	1531^st of 2761 public middle schools	44.5%		42.4	1386^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.2%	145	25.2	25.2		46.0	37.7	41.7		27.9	22.7	25.2	$30,230	$28,470	$1,760
Buena Vista Middle	Public	6-8	18250 Tara Dr.	Salinas	93908	Monterey County	Spreckels Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 455-8936	321	18	17.5	17.4%	121 (37.7%)	0 (0.0%)	163 (50.8%)	16 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.5%)	69.4	688^th of 2761 public middle schools	75.1%		59.9	889^th of 2783 public middle schools	68.1%	201	41.4	41.4	51.7	54.1	64.0	57.0	46.1	45.0	37.8	42.7	$19,621	$19,162	$459
North Monterey County Middle	Public	7-8	10301 Seymour St.	Castroville	95012	Monterey County	North Monterey County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 633-3391	624	30	20.8	87.8%	30 (4.8%)	2 (0.3%)	586 (93.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13.1	2513^th of 2761 public middle schools	9.0%		18.5	2317^th of 2783 public middle schools	16.7%	196	12.1	12.1		21.3	26.5	23.9		8.7	7.1	7.9	$19,268	$17,662	$1,606
Harden Middle	Public	7-8	1561 McKinnon St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7300	1,101	52	21.1	82.2%	29 (2.6%)	10 (0.9%)	1,016 (92.3%)	34 (3.1%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	22.1	2150^th of 2761 public middle schools	22.1%		24.1	2078^th of 2783 public middle schools	25.3%	72	19.2	19.2		31.9	29.1	30.5		16.3	14.8	15.6	$29,522	$27,946	$1,576

Frequently Asked Questions about Seaside Middle

How many students attend Seaside Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 521 students attended Seaside Middle.

Is Seaside Middle a good school?

Seaside Middle ranks 1915^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Seaside Middle?

Students at Seaside Middle are 78% Hispanic, 8% White, 5% African American, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

What high school do graduates of Seaside Middle attend?

Students who attend Seaside Middle usually go on to attend Seaside High

What district is Seaside Middle in?

Monterey Peninsula Unified

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