Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Prunedale

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
A

Lagunita Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–6

Prunedale’s School Grade C+ better than 36% of California school districts

Students
62
Schools
1
Spent per student
$17,803
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
12:1
Free or reduced lunch
10%
The gist

What stands out about Lagunita Elementary School District

  • Its letter, A: results better than 94% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 21 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 28 pts above the state
  • Spends 16% less per student than the CA average
  • 12 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 34% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A: better than 94% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
A

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Prunedale. Grade by grade →

K–62 schoolsNorth Monterey County Unified School District
7–85 middle schoolsSalinas Union High School District
9–12North Monterey County HighNorth Monterey County Unified School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency50–59%
State average 33.1% · 60 students tested
Reading / language arts70–79%
State average 46.7% · 60 students tested

95% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 90% at North Monterey County Unified, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$17,803 per student · 16% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 53%Support & administration 47%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 27%State 70%Federal 3%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
94’20
94’21
76’22
61’23
62’24

Down 34% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 50%White 45%Two or more races 5%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Lagunita Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Salinas
62 students12:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.