Photo: Clotee Pridgen Alloc… · CC BY-SA 3.0Sand City’s public schools
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sand City. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 96% of students in California’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Sand City’s schools, in brief
School by school
0 of Sand City’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s 3,615 public schools. Seaside Middle places highest (better than 24%); Ione Olson Elementary lowest (24%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Ten elementary schools serve Sand City, graded from C− to C−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then five middle schools and three high schools: Monterey High, Seaside High and Marina High. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Sand City, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Sand City · depends on your address
Monterey High
Grades 9–12 · 1,401 students · 23:1 students per teacher · in Monterey
Seaside High
Grades 9–12 · 1,073 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Seaside
Marina High
Grades 9–12 · 721 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Marina
10th grade in Sand City · depends on your address
Monterey High
Grades 9–12 · 1,401 students · 23:1 students per teacher · in Monterey
Seaside High
Grades 9–12 · 1,073 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Seaside
Marina High
Grades 9–12 · 721 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Marina
11th grade in Sand City · depends on your address
Monterey High
Grades 9–12 · 1,401 students · 23:1 students per teacher · in Monterey
Seaside High
Grades 9–12 · 1,073 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Seaside
Marina High
Grades 9–12 · 721 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Marina
12th grade in Sand City · depends on your address
Monterey High
Grades 9–12 · 1,401 students · 23:1 students per teacher · in Monterey
Seaside High
Grades 9–12 · 1,073 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Seaside
Marina High
Grades 9–12 · 721 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Marina
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Sand City vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share Sand City’s borders.
Every school in Sand City
15 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Sand City’s schools
Are Sand City’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Sand City. Monterey Peninsula Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sand City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Sand City in?
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District.
Where do Sand City kids go to high school?
One of three high schools, depending on your address: Monterey High, Seaside High and Marina High.
Parents talk
What Sand City families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Sand City → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.