Summary:
Zip code 93955 has one middle school, Seaside Middle, serving grades 7–8 with 521 students; its most important academic concern is that it trails state proficiency rates in all three subjects, especially math.
Because it is the only school in the list, Seaside Middle is technically both the highest- and lowest-scoring school locally, but that is not a meaningful comparison between schools. In 2025–2026, ELA was its strongest subject: 40% of students met the standard, compared with 49% statewide and 43% in the Monterey Peninsula Unified district. Math was 20%, 18 percentage points below the state and 8 below the district; science was lowest at 19%, 17 points below the state and 6 below the district. Grade 8 math stands out as the sharpest weakness: 14% met the standard, compared with 36% statewide, a 23-point gap. In grade 7 math, the gap was 11 points.
Results improved in ELA and math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but science declined: Seaside’s scores rose 4 points in ELA and 2 in math, while science fell 1 point. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 25 in 2023–2024 to 31 in 2025–2026, and its rating increased from 1 star to 2 stars, though the subject trends were mixed. Chronic absenteeism was comparatively low in 2025–2026 at 13%, versus 16% in the district and 18% statewide. As additional context, the school reported that 84% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and its student–teacher ratio was 19.5 that year; these are observations, not explanations for its test results.
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