Schools in Zip Code 93955

The eight schools in zip code 93955 include five elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools. In 2025–26, the seven schools with results averaged 29% in English language arts (ELA) and 17% in math, compared with 49% and 38% statewide. All-grades comparisons span different grade ranges; International School of Monterey has 2024–25 results instead, and Central Coast High’s science score was suppressed. The clearest overall finding is that every reported 2025–26 result is below its same-year state benchmark.

Among 2025–26 results, Seaside Middle led all-grades ELA at 40%, while Central Coast High had the lowest reported result at 6—a 35-point spread. Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula led math at 28%; Central Coast High was lowest at 3%, a 25-point spread. In science, Del Rey Woods Elementary led at 21%, versus 6% at Martin Luther King. Among the K–6 schools, Ord Terrace Elementary led ELA and math, at 37% and 24%; Del Rey Woods had the strongest reported science result. International School of Monterey led the separate 2024–25 group in all three subjects, with 47% ELA, 31% math and 28% science.

Matched-school averages changed little in ELA and math from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA stayed around 29%, and math rose from 16% to 17%, while the state improved and the average gaps widened by about one point. Science averaged 3 points higher, though its gap to the state widened slightly. Individual changes varied: Seaside Middle gained 4 points in ELA and 2 in math, while Ord Terrace science rose 10 points. SchoolDigger rankings also diverged: Seaside Middle moved from the 25th to the 31st percentile, while Dual Language Academy fell from the 29th to the 10th. The K–6 schools had similar free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–25—88% to 91%—yet noticeably different results, a reminder that this measure alone does not describe a school’s performance.