Summary:
ZIP code 93940 has one listed high school, Monterey High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,401 students. Its results show a clear split across subjects: in 2025–2026, 63% of students were proficient in ELA, compared with 25% in math and 26% in science. The most important takeaway is that strong ELA performance does not extend to math or science, where proficiency was below California’s rates.
With no other listed high school for comparison, Monterey High is both the area’s only option and its top and bottom performer, depending on the measure. ELA is its standout: the 63% proficiency rate was 13 percentage points above California and 20 points above the Monterey Peninsula Unified district. Math is the clearest weakness, at 25% proficient—13 points below the state and 2 points below the district. Science was 26% proficient, 10 points below the state. Other outcomes are favorable: the 2025–2026 graduation rate was 99%, 11 points above California, and chronic absenteeism was 18%, slightly below the state’s 18%.
Results over time are mixed, with science showing the sharpest reversal. Science proficiency fell 11 points, from 37% in 2024–2025 to 26% in 2025–2026, while the state rate rose 3 points; the school shifted from 4 points above the state to 10 points below. ELA stayed strong, edging up from 62% to 63%, while math fell from 28% to 25% and its state gap widened by 3 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 69th percentile in 2023–2024, 71st in 2024–2025, and 63rd in 2025–2026. Context figures include a student–teacher ratio of 22.8 in 2024–2025 and 58% free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these describe the school, not the cause of its results. Grade 10 and 11 science scores were suppressed, so the reported 12th-grade result cannot show whether the pattern holds across grades.
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