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Best High Schools in Zip Code 93930

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Schools

1,391

Students

Top rankedKing City High1164^th of 2,137 California high schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 93930 has three high schools serving grades 9–12 in the South Monterey County Joint Union High district: King City High (1,199 students), Portola-Butler Continuation High (115) and Pinnacle Coastal Valley High (77). The main takeaway is that the local leader is not strong in every subject statewide: King City is above the state in ELA, but its math proficiency is 23 points below the state rate.

In 2025–2026, King City led Portola-Butler by 40 points in ELA, 16 in math and 13 in science, with proficiency rates of 58%, 16% and 24%, respectively. Portola-Butler’s rates were 17%, 0% and 11%; compared with the state, it was behind by 32 points in ELA, 38 in math and 25 in science. King City was 8 points above the state in ELA, but 23 below in math and 12 below in science. In 2024–2025, King City also led all three schools in each subject; Pinnacle was second in ELA and math, while Portola-Butler was second in science. Pinnacle’s 2025–2026 test scores are unavailable, so it cannot be ranked against the other schools for that year.

The two schools with results in both years moved away from the state benchmark: both saw proficiency fall in every subject, and their average gaps widened by 5 points in ELA, 6 in math and 7 in science. SchoolDigger’s rankings also declined from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 for King City (56th to 46th percentile) and Portola-Butler (19th to 14th); Pinnacle rose from the 12th to the 20th percentile by 2024–2025, with no newer rank provided. Other measures distinguish the schools: King City’s graduation rate was 96%, versus 84% at Portola-Butler and 75% at Pinnacle, while chronic absenteeism was 12%, 36% and 74%, respectively. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible rates were similar—82% at King City, 83% at Portola-Butler and 86% at Pinnacle. Student-teacher ratios were 22.1, 16.2 and 20.3, respectively; in this small group, the lowest ratio did not correspond to the highest scores.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)		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	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
King City High	Public	9-12	720 Broadway St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	South Monterey County Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-5461	1,199	54	22.1	82.2%	85 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1,088 (90.7%)	16 (1.3%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	44.1	1164^th of 2137 public high schools	45.5%		56	907^th of 2162 public high schools	58.0%	257	24.6		24.1	57.6	57.6	15.6	15.6	$16,158	$5,360	$10,798
Portola-Butler Continuation High	Public	9-12	760 Broadway St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	South Monterey County Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-4661	115	7	16.2	82.6%	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	111 (96.5%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12	1842^nd of 2137 public high schools	13.8%		19.4	1705^th of 2162 public high schools	21.1%	137	11.5		10.7	17.3	17.3	0.0	0.0	$17,786	$1,448	$16,338
Pinnacle Coastal Valley High	Public, Virtual	9-12	760 Broadway St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	South Monterey County Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(831) 385-4661	77	4	20.3	85.7%	3 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								$19,584	$8,088	$11,496

Cities Near Zip Code 93930

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
King City	0.52 mi	10	735^th
San Lucas	8.4 mi	1	860^th
Greenfield	9.55 mi	6	794^th
San Ardo	18.15 mi	1
Soledad	18.15 mi	11	625^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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