Summary:
ZIP code 93906 has six high schools: four serving grades 9–12 and two serving grades 7–12; all report chronic absenteeism, and five have reported 2025–26 proficiency results. The schools’ results vary widely, and the strongest reported school-level performance does not erase large gaps with California. The biggest shared concern is mathematics: the five-school average was 9% proficient, compared with 38% statewide, a 30-point gap.
North Salinas High stands out, leading in ELA at 50% and science at 29%; its ELA rate is 1 point above the state rate, while its science rate is 7 points below. Everett Alvarez High narrowly leads mathematics at 14.5%, compared with 14.4% at North Salinas. At the other end, Mount Toro High has the lowest result in all three subjects: 3% in ELA, 0% in mathematics and 2% in science. North Salinas also reports a 94% graduation rate and 11% chronic absenteeism, compared with 88% and 18% statewide. El Puente is a notable grade-specific exception: its 8th-grade ELA proficiency is 50%, just above the state’s 49%.
Across the five schools with results in both years, the average ELA rate fell from 31% in 2024–25 to 29% in 2025–26; mathematics rose by less than 1 point and science by less than 1 point, while state rates rose in all three subjects, widening the gaps. SchoolDigger rankings also moved in different directions: North Salinas rose from the 40th to the 44th percentile, while Mount Toro fell from the 12th to the 4th. All six schools report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25, ranging from 88% at Salinas Community to 96% at Mount Toro; North Salinas and Everett Alvarez have similar reported shares, enrollment and student–teacher ratios, yet notably different ELA and science results. Carr Lake Community Day has no reported current proficiency figures because the state suppressed them.
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