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Frank Ledesma Elementary

Public Grades K-6

4793^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,804 California Elementary Schools

Better than 17% of California elementary schools

Summary

Frank Ledesma Elementary serves 464 students in kindergarten through sixth grade in Soledad, in Soledad Unified. SchoolDigger places the school in the 17th percentile statewide and gives it one star; the district is in the 26th percentile and also has one star. The central concern is that students’ proficiency rates are below the state, district, and nearby-school averages in all three tested subjects.

Math is the school’s strongest subject relative to those comparisons, while ELA is its clearest weakness. In 2025–2026, 23% of students were proficient in math, compared with 24% in the district, 38% statewide, and a 28% average among 10 nearby schools. ELA proficiency was 26%, versus 34% in the district, 49% statewide, and a 35% nearby-school average. Science was 17%, compared with 20% in the district, 36% statewide, and a 23% nearby average. There are brighter grade-level results: fourth-grade ELA proficiency was 37%, higher than the same grade at 7 of 10 nearby schools, and third-grade math was 34%, also higher than at 7 of 10. Sixth-grade ELA, at 19%, is a particular concern.

Results over time show a widening gap with the state: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA proficiency fell by 5 percentage points and math by 1, while science rose by 3; the state gap widened in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking fell from the 31st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 17th percentile in 2025–2026. Attendance has improved, with chronic absenteeism declining from 28% in 2021–2022 to 22% in 2025–2026, though the latest rate remains above the district’s 20% and the state’s 18%. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 22, below the nearby-school average of 23.2. Also that year, 90% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a 79% nearby-school average. SchoolDigger’s student-group rankings are mixed: English Language Learner Students ranked in the 60th percentile in 2023–2024, versus the school’s overall 31st percentile; Special Education Students ranked in the 8th percentile in 2024–2025, down from the 34th percentile in 2022–2023.

464

Students ?

22.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,350

Per pupil spending ?

89.7%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

973 Vista De Soledad
Soledad, CA 93960-3489

(831) 678-6320

District: Soledad Unified

Students who attend Frank Ledesma Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Main Street Middle
High:	Soledad High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.8%

Asian:

2.6%

White:

2.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 56th percentile in 2015 → 17th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (24% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 39 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school24%

District avg27%

California avg42%

4,793^rd of 5,804

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 17%▼ down 30 pts since 2016

From bottom 47% (2016) to bottom 17% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 5Elementary Schools in the Soledad Unified

719^th of 968Soledad 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
2026	20.1	4793 of 5804	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.5	4549 of 5857	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.4	4075 of 5869	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.9	4079 of 5859	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.0	4253 of 5883	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.2	3296 of 5789	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.5	3503 of 5662	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	37.7	3262 of 5692	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	41.9	2962 of 5614	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	49.2	2487 of 5611	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2013	67.2	1708 of 5530	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2012	42.0	3138 of 5390	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	37.3	3444 of 5377	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2010	33.0	3620 of 5314	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	23.3	4183 of 5193	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	14.4	4686 of 5113	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	15.6	4601 of 5113	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	38.8	1353 of 2585	47.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	48.7	1258 of 3162	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	39.6	1850 of 3245	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.6	1761 of 3311	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.6	1874 of 3275	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.2	2307 of 3246	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	24.1	4319 of 5569	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.9	4177 of 5597	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.5	3680 of 5612	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.7	3313 of 5609	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.0	4022 of 5635	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.1	3660 of 5492	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.9	3419 of 5413	36.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	25.3	4068 of 5085	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.5	3724 of 5107	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.6	3315 of 5107	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.9	3318 of 5087	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.3	3342 of 5084	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.5	2254 of 4963	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.3	2595 of 4830	46.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	24.4	4371 of 5412	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.0	3990 of 5460	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.5	3656 of 5517	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.2	3458 of 5363	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.1	3741 of 5264	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.3	2515 of 5173	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.4	2716 of 5084	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	18.6	4788 of 5590	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.4	4522 of 5628	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.5	4233 of 5643	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.4	4662 of 5638	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.2	4116 of 5663	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.9	2736 of 5510	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.3	3391 of 5431	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	2619 of 2847	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.3	2329 of 2635	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.0	1594 of 2420	34.1%	★★☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)60th percentile+30 vs school

Disabled (2019)48th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2026)22nd percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2026)20th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)19th percentile~ school

Male (2026)14th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)8th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy26%-23 vs state

Mathematics23%-16 vs state

Science17%-19 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)					CSA Spanish Listening (2026)					CSA Spanish Writing (2026)					CSA Spanish Reading (2026)					CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	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	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	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	% Polio KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Frank Ledesma Elementary	Public	K-6	973 Vista De Soledad	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6320	464	21	22.0	89.7%	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	440 (94.8%)	12 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20.1	4793^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	17.4%		23.5	4549^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.3%	244																					17.0		17.0	27.4	37.0	25.4	19.1			26.1	34.4	24.1	18.6	16.7			22.7					$23,350	$20,836	$2,514
Rose Ferrero Elementary	Public	K-6	400 Entrada Dr.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6480	530	22	24.0	81.7%	12 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	503 (94.9%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	71.5	1504^th of 5804 public elementary schools	74.1%		52.5	2467^th of 5857 public elementary schools	57.9%	963	10.9	2.1	0.0	0.0	3.7	23.9	10.6	2.8	2.9	11.0	10.9	14.9	0.0	0.0	7.3	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	37.5		37.5	48.0	55.4	57.8	60.9			55.3	53.4	56.8	56.3	59.4			56.4					$19,514	$17,832	$1,682
Jack Franscioni Elementary	Public	K-6	779 Orchard Ln.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6340	439	17	25.8	85.4%	11 (2.5%)	2 (0.5%)	416 (94.8%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	46.5	2815^th of 5804 public elementary schools	51.5%		43.5	2978^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.2%	163																					35.0		35.0	41.5	52.0	46.3	37.0			44.3	46.3	40.0	31.3	27.8			35.7					$23,894	$22,060	$1,834
Gabilan Elementary	Public	K-6	330 North Walker Dr.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6440	456	20	22.8	92.5%	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	448 (98.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	31.5	3862^nd of 5804 public elementary schools	33.5%		33.6	3673^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	37.3%	189	5.9	10.8	2.8	5.0	6.1	35.3	8.1	16.7	12.5	17.7	8.8	32.4	2.8	15.0	15.0	2.9	10.8	0.0	0.0	3.4	20.6		20.6	25.9	25.4	47.5	52.2			38.3	21.7	21.9	34.4	23.2			25.2					$21,276	$19,512	$1,764
San Vicente Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 Metz Rd.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6420	501	21	24.4	92.8%	6 (1.2%)	6 (1.2%)	485 (96.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12	5465^th of 5804 public elementary schools	5.8%		13.7	5371^st of 5857 public elementary schools	8.3%	94																					15.0		15.0	20.0	22.9	22.5	10.8			19.0	23.6	18.6	12.5	6.8			14.7					$27,296	$25,532	$1,764
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%)	29.2	4045^th of 5804 public elementary schools	30.3%		45.1	2875^th of 5857 public elementary schools	50.9%	1170																						46.7	44.0	18.8	35.7		46.7	86.7	53.3	48.2	25.0	28.6		28.6	50.0	40.0	31.7					$35,839	$35,428	$411
La Gloria Elementary	Public	K-5	220 Elko St.	Gonzales	93926	Monterey County	Gonzales Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 675-3663	784	34	23.0	77.9%	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	773 (98.6%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	37.9	3363^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	42.1%		22.9	4601^st of 5857 public elementary schools	21.4%	1238	35.0	27.5	5.6		24.4	75.0	35.0	22.2		42.3	50.0	57.5	5.6		43.6	15.0	20.0	5.6		15.4	13.4		13.4	38.9	41.5	38.1				39.6	47.2	46.2	16.8				37.0	97.4	98.0	98.0	98.0	$5,942	$5,340	$602
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%)	14.7	5229^th of 5804 public elementary schools	9.9%		25	4393^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	25.0%	836																					19.7		19.7	20.5	21.4	24.7	21.3			21.9	21.4	20.5	13.9	16.5			18.3
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%)	29	4074^th of 5804 public elementary schools	29.8%		22.3	4649^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.6%	575																					18.6		18.6	35.9	30.1	37.7	42.5			36.5	26.1	21.7	24.4	30.9			25.7
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%)	13.3	5360^th of 5804 public elementary schools	7.6%		15.7	5209^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.1%	151																					12.9		12.9	21.9	23.9	24.7	16.9			22.0	27.4	21.6	8.2	7.8			16.1

Frequently Asked Questions about Frank Ledesma Elementary

Is Frank Ledesma Elementary a good school?

Frank Ledesma Elementary ranks in the bottom 17.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Frank Ledesma Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 464 students attended Frank Ledesma Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Frank Ledesma Elementary?

Students at Frank Ledesma Elementary are 95% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Frank Ledesma Elementary attend?

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

Middle : Main Street Middle
High : Soledad High

What district is Frank Ledesma Elementary in?

Soledad Unified

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