Best Public Schools in Zip Code 93906

Summary:

The 93906 zip code in Salinas, California is home to 22 schools across 4 different school districts, serving students from elementary through high school. While the area has a mix of high-performing and struggling schools, a few standouts emerge that are worth highlighting for parents looking to learn more about the educational options in this community.

At the elementary level, Creekside Elementary (part of the Alisal Union district) and New Republic Elementary (part of the Santa Rita Union Elementary district) stand out as the top performers, ranking in the top 40% and 60% of California elementary schools respectively. These schools boast strong test scores, particularly in English Language Arts, and relatively low chronic absenteeism rates compared to their peers.

At the high school level, Everett Alvarez High and Rancho San Juan High, both part of the Salinas Union High district, are the highest-performing, ranking in the top 50% of California high schools. These schools boast strong graduation rates, low dropout rates, and solid test scores, particularly in English Language Arts. However, the data also reveals significant disparities in academic performance between the highest and lowest-performing schools in the area, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to support struggling students and schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts (2023)			CAST Science (2023)						Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2023)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2023)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
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 (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading/Language Arts End of Course	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
Creekside Elementary	Public	K-6	1770 Kittery St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5252	548	26	21.0	71.4%	13 (2.4%)	7 (1.3%)	490 (89.4%)	26 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.0%)	33.1	3634^th of 5874 public elementary schools	38.1%		31.2	3771^st of 5883 public elementary schools	35.9%	137				28.4					28.4	25.6	16.4	47.5	50.6				35.9	21.8	13.4	16.5	27.5				20.1							$4,391
John E. Steinbeck Elementary	Public	K-6	1714 Burlington Dr.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5780	511	23	22.2	78.7%	11 (2.2%)	5 (1.0%)	448 (87.7%)	15 (2.9%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.3%)	27.6	4111^th of 5874 public elementary schools	30.0%		30	3865^th of 5883 public elementary schools	34.3%	246				13.8					13.8	40.0	30.1	27.5	31.0				32.2	41.8	22.2	14.8	13.8				22.9	96.3				96.3		$4,399
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	38	7	5.4	73.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (89.5%)	3 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	7.4								3.7
El Gabilan Elementary	Public	K-6	1256 Linwood Dr.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5660	570	25	23.0	74.9%	23 (4.0%)	2 (0.4%)	519 (91.1%)	7 (1.2%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (1.9%)	16	5237^th of 5874 public elementary schools	10.8%		22.4	4617^th of 5883 public elementary schools	21.5%	620				14.1					14.1	13.0	21.8	23.1	17.5				19.3	15.4	22.5	10.3	16.5				16.3	92.9	96.4	96.4	95.5	96.4	98.2	$5,034
Henry F. Kammann Elementary	Public	K-6	521 Rochex St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5665	708	29	24.4	75.1%	20 (2.8%)	6 (0.8%)	659 (93.1%)	15 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	17.7	5089^th of 5874 public elementary schools	13.4%		25.8	4268^th of 5883 public elementary schools	27.5%	821				20.2					20.2	8.5	12.3	29.3	20.2				17.5	11.7	15.1	26.0	15.7				17.2	98.5			98.5		98.5	$5,609
Loma Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	757 Sausal Dr.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5670	469	20	23.4	82.7%	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	455 (97.0%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7.9	5800^th of 5874 public elementary schools	1.3%		13.3	5509^th of 5883 public elementary schools	6.4%	291				9.2					9.2	1.6	10.8	18.5	13.0				11.2	6.6	4.1	9.2	1.4				5.2							$6,197
Natividad Elementary	Public	K-6	1465 Modoc Ave.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5675	681	29	23.4	79.9%	11 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	635 (93.2%)	19 (2.8%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.5%)	13.7	5431^st of 5874 public elementary schools	7.5%		14.9	5372^nd of 5883 public elementary schools	8.7%	59	4.3	5.4	4.8	7.1					7.1	13.7	21.3	19.1	24.4				19.4	16.4	16.1	6.0	16.7				13.9							$6,443
Salinas City Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	K-6	1210 Tyler St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(831) 753-5677	170	11	15.4	73.5%	9 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	155 (91.2%)	6 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29.9	3901^st of 5874 public elementary schools	33.6%					(n/a)				29.4					29.4	26.7	25.0	41.2	17.1				27.7	33.3	30.0	26.5	14.3				25.2
Harden Middle	Public	7-8	1561 McKinnon St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7300	1,096	51	21.6	92.2%	22 (2.0%)	9 (0.8%)	1,002 (91.4%)	40 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.0%)	27.7	1921^st of 2802 public middle schools	31.4%		25.5	1971^st of 2740 public middle schools	28.1%	50					20.9				20.9					31.1	33.3		32.1					17.2	13.6		15.5							$9,544
Everett Alvarez High	Public	9-12	1900 Independence Blvd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7800	2,146	98	21.9	90.8%	29 (1.4%)	17 (0.8%)	1,998 (93.1%)	73 (3.4%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (1.2%)	39.7	1150^th of 2348 public high schools	51.0%		45.7	1024^th of 2123 public high schools	51.8%	126						12.8	25.7	3.2	16.3							51.7	51.7							13.9	13.9							$8,635
Mount Toro High	Public	9-12	10 Sherwood Pl.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7700	214	14	15.4	92.1%	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	209 (97.7%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.4	2030^th of 2348 public high schools	13.5%		12.2	1926^th of 2123 public high schools	9.3%	104							0.0	3.8	3.2							7.6	7.6							0.0	0.0							$27,537
North Salinas High	Public	9-12	55 Kip Dr.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7500	2,112	98	21.5	92.6%	40 (1.9%)	21 (1.0%)	1,940 (91.9%)	69 (3.3%)	3 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	33 (1.6%)	33.7	1313^th of 2348 public high schools	44.1%		45.7	1025^th of 2123 public high schools	51.7%	288						10.4	17.7	15.4	14.8							46.0	46.0							13.7	13.7							$9,382
Carr Lake Community Day	Public	7-12	10 Sherwood Pl.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7700	21	2	10.7	95.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5.1	2316^th of 2348 public high schools	1.4%					(n/a)									0.0								0.0								0.0							$22,104
El Puente	Public	7-12	20 Sherwood Pl.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7700	279	18	15.1	87.1%	7 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	266 (95.3%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	21.8	1647^th of 2348 public high schools	29.9%		20.5	1643^rd of 2123 public high schools	22.6%	4					21.4			9.1	11.3					50.0	56.3	28.6	35.1					28.6	7.1	3.3	6.7							$19,257
Rancho San Juan High	Public	9-12	1100 Rogge Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 273-7700	1,699	78	21.9	89.0%	65 (3.8%)	7 (0.4%)	1,543 (90.8%)	48 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (2.1%)	38.9	1175^th of 2348 public high schools	50.0%		50.7	914^th of 2123 public high schools	56.9%	261						16.3	22.7	4.5	18.6							49.5	49.5							13.4	13.4
La Joya Elementary	Public	K-5	55 Rogge Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7216	542	24	22.5	84.3%	29 (5.4%)	3 (0.6%)	504 (93.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20.6	4802^nd of 5874 public elementary schools	18.2%		21	4747^th of 5883 public elementary schools	19.3%	55				11.3					11.3	25.3	30.9	26.4					27.6	29.5	19.2	13.1					19.7							$5,778
Santa Rita Elementary	Public	K-5	2014 Santa Rita St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7221	570	23	24.5	83.3%	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	561 (98.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9.1	5750^th of 5874 public elementary schools	2.1%		14	5443^rd of 5883 public elementary schools	7.5%	307				6.6					6.6	11.8	11.4	15.7					12.9	15.7	14.8	2.2					11.2	95.2	98.1		96.1	97.1	98.1	$5,449
Gavilan View Middle	Public	6-8	18250 Van Buren Ave.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7212	587	28	20.8	70.9%	36 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	524 (89.3%)	14 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	9 (1.5%)	24.5	2075^th of 2802 public middle schools	25.9%		30.2	1764^th of 2740 public middle schools	35.6%	311					15.4				15.4				29.4	31.8	34.3		32.0				13.9	8.7	15.9		12.9							$4,843
McKinnon	Public	K-5	2100 McKinnon	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7224	401	21	19.0	76.1%	9 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	382 (95.3%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	21.5	4713^th of 5874 public elementary schools	19.8%		15.6	5314^th of 5883 public elementary schools	9.7%	601				15.8					15.8	27.6	13.5	32.0					25.4	33.3	9.6	17.1					20.2							$6,266
New Republic Elementary	Public	K-5	636 Arcadia Way	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7246	537	28	19.0	57.0%	29 (5.4%)	3 (0.6%)	439 (81.8%)	51 (9.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.2%)	34	3575^th of 5874 public elementary schools	39.1%		39	3158^th of 5883 public elementary schools	46.3%	417				16.7					16.7	34.2	37.5	40.2					37.5	39.0	28.4	20.4					28.6	95.4	97.3	97.3	97.3	96.3	98.2	$4,908
John Gutierrez Middle	Public	6-8	1031 Rogge Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-3300	594	26	22.4	62.3%	40 (6.7%)	7 (1.2%)	523 (88.0%)	12 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	26.2	1983^rd of 2802 public middle schools	29.2%		23.7	2046^th of 2740 public middle schools	25.3%	63					15.9				15.9				22.6	32.0	39.7		32.2				11.9	19.0	13.2		14.8							$4,138
Wellington M. Smith Junior	Public, Alternative	4-12	1420 Natividad Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Monterey County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 755-3979	29	4	7.3	89.7%	1 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																0.0	0.0							0.0	0.0							$11,920
Salinas Community	Public	7-12	615 Leslie Dr.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Monterey County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 755-9520	107	6	17.9	80.4%	4 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	103 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.1	2050^th of 2348 public high schools	12.7%		14.1	1828^th of 2123 public high schools	13.9%	222								0.0	0.0							14.3	13.3							2.6	2.4							$27,139

Cities Near Zip Code 93906

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Salinas	0.37 mi	69	718^th
Spreckels	5.79 mi	1	258^th
Castroville	7.07 mi	4	778^th
Marina	7.36 mi	8	630^th
Seaside	10.57 mi	13	627^th

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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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