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Schools in Zip Code 93906

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At a glance

Schools

12,922

Students

Districts

Top rankedNorth Salinas High1193^rd of 2,137 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Salinas City STEAM Academy up 605 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Anthem Christian School 12.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 93906 has 21 schools, including elementary, middle, high and alternative schools. In 2025–26, the schools’ average proficiency was about 25% in English language arts (ELA), 15% in math and 15% in science, compared with California averages of about 49%, 38% and 36%. Only one school’s all-grades result exceeded the state figure: the most important overall finding is that proficiency at most schools was substantially below state levels.

North Salinas High led in ELA and science, with about 50% and 29% proficient; its ELA result was just above the state’s 49%, while its science result remained below the state’s 36%. Salinas City STEAM Academy led in math at about 29%, still below the state’s 38%, and was second in science at about 26%. At the low end, Wellington M. Smith Junior had 0% in ELA and math, and Mount Toro High also had 0% in math; McKinnon had the lowest numeric science result, about 2%. Grade-level comparisons add useful detail: John E. Steinbeck Elementary and STEAM both exceeded the state in grade 6 ELA.

Among 19 schools with scores in both years, average ELA and science fell by about 1 percentage point from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while math was nearly unchanged; state results rose, so the school-to-state gaps widened by about 2 points in ELA, 1 in math and 4 in science. SchoolDigger’s ranking history also varied: Gavilan View Middle rose 8 percentile points from 2023–24 to 2025–26, while New Republic Elementary fell 24. All schools reported a free/reduced lunch eligible measure for sy 2024–25; the average was about 85%, ranging from 73% at STEAM to 97% at Santa Rita Elementary. Other outcomes differ, too: North Salinas reported 94% graduation and 11% chronic absenteeism, versus 68% and 56% at Salinas Community.

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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)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (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 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th 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 11th 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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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%)	23	4547^th of 5804 public elementary schools	21.7%		20.7	4771^st of 5857 public elementary schools	18.5%	224																					22.4				22.4	21.0	13.4	35.5	47.4				30.3	19.7	14.9	25.0	17.3				19.4							$16,830	$14,528	$2,302
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	486	20	24.9	78.0%	12 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	438 (90.1%)	18 (3.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.7%)	29.5	4020^th of 5804 public elementary schools	30.7%		31.5	3841^st of 5857 public elementary schools	34.4%	179																					21.5				21.5	37.7	24.7	36.3	54.3				38.5	36.5	19.7	12.7	23.5				21.9	96.3				96.3		$16,369	$14,070	$2,299
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	548	24	22.8	78.3%	20 (3.6%)	2 (0.4%)	497 (90.7%)	8 (1.5%)	6 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	12 (2.2%)	13.8	5316^th of 5804 public elementary schools	8.4%		14.8	5278^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.9%	38																					16.1				16.1	21.3	14.5	18.5	35.2				21.3	18.7	10.5	7.5	25.9				14.7	92.9	96.4	96.4	95.5	96.4	98.2	$20,849	$19,936	$913
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	743	31	23.9	73.2%	21 (2.8%)	4 (0.5%)	686 (92.3%)	13 (1.7%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.0%)	16.6	5084^th of 5804 public elementary schools	12.4%		12.8	5441^st of 5857 public elementary schools	7.1%	357																					18.0				18.0	23.8	20.4	30.7	24.2				24.6	20.2	17.7	19.1	19.2				19.0	98.5			98.5		98.5	$17,866	$17,100	$766
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	445	19	23.4	73.0%	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	427 (96.0%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	7.6	5702^nd of 5804 public elementary schools	1.8%		5.6	5823^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	0.6%	121																					9.4				9.4	15.3	14.8	13.2	5.2				12.1	20.3	4.9	7.6	10.3				10.8							$20,015	$19,122	$893
Natividad Elementary	Public	K-6	1465 Modoc Ave.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5675	705	31	23.1	78.9%	9 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	651 (92.3%)	21 (3.0%)	14 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.1%)	10.8	5539^th of 5804 public elementary schools	4.6%		12.5	5465^th of 5857 public elementary schools	6.7%	74	0.0	16.7	0.0	4.4	5.6	23.7	28.6	44.1	13.0	26.3	10.5	28.6	2.9	17.4	15.6	0.0	11.9	0.0	4.4	4.4	7.6				7.6	17.2	22.3	13.3	22.3				18.8	7.5	22.3	8.6	15.2				13.4							$19,141	$18,246	$895
Salinas City STEAM Academy	Public, Virtual	K-6	1210 Tyler St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(831) 753-5677	99	4	24.7	72.7%	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (90.9%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.1%)	34.3	3631^st of 5804 public elementary schools	37.4%		26.9	4236^th of 5857 public elementary schools	27.7%	605																					25.9				25.9	45.5	16.7	29.6	48.2				36.4	36.4	16.7	29.6	29.6				28.6							$21,413	$20,322	$1,091
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%)	20.8	2151^st of 2703 public middle schools	20.4%		22.1	2150^th of 2761 public middle schools	22.1%	1																						21.3			21.3					26.6	32.8		29.7					16.6	18.0		17.3							$29,522	$27,946	$1,576
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	1,978	91	21.8	92.7%	21 (1.1%)	9 (0.5%)	1,860 (94.0%)	62 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (1.2%)	32.9	1429^th of 2137 public high schools	33.1%		40.6	1246^th of 2162 public high schools	42.4%	183																							18.3	6.8	13.9							41.5	41.5							14.5	14.5							$27,907	$26,138	$1,769
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	204	14	14.7	96.1%	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	199 (97.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	8.2	2043^rd of 2137 public high schools	4.4%		9.3	2052^nd of 2162 public high schools	5.1%	9																								2.3	2.3							2.5	2.5							0.0	0.0							$78,647	$70,020	$8,627
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	2,106	105	20.1	93.5%	52 (2.5%)	13 (0.6%)	1,933 (91.8%)	71 (3.4%)	3 (0.1%)	5 (0.2%)	25 (1.2%)	43.1	1193^rd of 2137 public high schools	44.2%		39.7	1266^th of 2162 public high schools	41.4%	73																							37.7	7.4	29.2							50.4	50.4							14.4	14.4							$28,872	$27,186	$1,686
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	18	2	9.0	94.4%	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (88.9%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																																																$92,819	$89,736	$3,083
El Puente	Public	7-12	20 Sherwood Pl.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7700	326	20	16.3	93.6%	13 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	304 (93.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	28.2	1521^st of 2137 public high schools	28.8%		26.2	1567^th of 2162 public high schools	27.5%	46																						14.3		16.7	16.3						50.0	40.2	41.8						6.7	1.3	3.0							$40,030	$38,668	$1,362
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	498	22	22.6	88.8%	28 (5.6%)	4 (0.8%)	459 (92.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	12.7	5405^th of 5804 public elementary schools	6.9%		22.3	4646^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.7%	759																					13.1				13.1	9.3	23.7	26.2					20.0	10.3	23.7	14.3					16.0							$11,790	$10,142	$1,648
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	545	24	22.7	97.2%	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	540 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6.7	5727^th of 5804 public elementary schools	1.3%		7.1	5777^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.4%	50																					4.2				4.2	6.7	9.0	11.4					9.1	15.0	13.3	11.3					13.1	95.2	98.1		96.1	97.1	98.1	$10,604	$8,722	$1,882
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	556	30	18.5	87.6%	19 (3.4%)	2 (0.4%)	508 (91.4%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.6%)	23.4	2041^st of 2703 public middle schools	24.5%		24.6	2028^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.5%	13																						23.0			23.0				29.1	23.5	35.6		29.5				19.5	21.7	20.9		20.7							$11,092	$9,808	$1,284
McKinnon	Public	K-5	2100 McKinnon	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7224	439	21	20.9	85.4%	12 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	407 (92.7%)	14 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	19.1	4877^th of 5804 public elementary schools	16.0%		22.4	4644^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.7%	233																					1.5				1.5	42.7	20.6	18.8					27.5	42.7	14.7	0.0					19.4							$10,977	$9,320	$1,657
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	482	23	20.9	78.6%	26 (5.4%)	3 (0.6%)	400 (83.0%)	38 (7.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.9%)	16.8	5071^st of 5804 public elementary schools	12.6%		30.6	3909^th of 5857 public elementary schools	33.3%	1162																					19.1				19.1	12.7	31.4	24.7					23.6	21.1	20.9	16.9					19.5	95.4	97.3	97.3	97.3	96.3	98.2	$11,421	$10,004	$1,417
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	568	29	19.4	80.5%	32 (5.6%)	5 (0.9%)	513 (90.3%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.2%)	20.8	2149^th of 2703 public middle schools	20.5%		24.8	2012^th of 2761 public middle schools	27.1%	137																						13.0			13.0				40.8	31.1	30.7		33.7				20.0	18.9	10.0		16.0							$12,197	$10,908	$1,289
Santa Rita Pre-K	Public		57 Russell Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 443-7200				—															(n/a)
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	50	4	12.4	94.0%	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																																0.0	0.0							0.0	0.0							$50,011	$40,986	$9,025
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	101	5	20.4	88.1%	5 (5.0%)	3 (3.0%)	93 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.5	1722^nd of 2137 public high schools	19.4%		17.7	1729^th of 2162 public high schools	20.0%	7																								5.6	4.2							10.0	8.5							12.5	11.4							$57,013	$47,710	$9,303
Anthem Christian School	Private, Baptist	K-8	345 E Alvin Dr	Salinas	93906	Monterey County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 449-0140	138	11	12.6	—	36 (26.1%)	4 (2.9%)	56 (40.6%)	18 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (10.1%)	10 (7.2%)								(n/a)
Madonna Del Sasso School	Private, Roman Catholic	PK, KG-8	20 Santa Teresa Way	Salinas	93906	Monterey County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 424-7813	252	10	23.6	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 93906

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Salinas	0.37 mi	68	738^th
Spreckels	5.79 mi	1	250^th
Castroville	7.07 mi	4	775^th
Marina	7.36 mi	8	597^th
Seaside	10.66 mi	13	679^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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