NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Seaside, CA

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11 public K-12 schools in Seaside from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
4,403
Students
34.7/100
Avg Resource Index
17.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Seaside has more public-school enrollment than 49% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Seaside's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Seaside's 11 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 37-point gap between Central Coast High and Del Rey Woods Elementary shows the range hidden by Seaside's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 51%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
24th percentile
Teacher staffing
33rd percentile

Seaside High accounts for 24.4% of all Seaside public-school enrollment

That concentration means Seaside-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Seaside school enrollment varies 358× across entities

Seaside school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 1,073 students (highest), a spread of 1,070 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Seaside reports 69.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Seaside student-teacher ratio is 17.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Seaside is typically wider than the Seaside-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Central Coast High 60
2. Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Community Day 59
3. Seaside Middle 37
4. International School of Monterey 35
5. George C. Marshall Elementary 30
6. Seaside High 28
7. Ord Terrace Elementary 27
8. Martin Luther King 24
9. Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula 24
10. Del Rey Woods Elementary 23
11. Monterey Peninsula Unf Sch Dist Com Day Mid -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Seaside

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 George C. Marshall Elementary 73.5/100
  2. 2 International School of Monterey 67.6/100
  3. 3 Monterey Peninsula Unf Sch Dist Com Day Mid 44.4/100
  4. 4 Seaside Middle 38.1/100
  5. 5 Central Coast High 36.7/100

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Which Seaside school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Central Coast High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Seaside schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Seaside, CA? ▼

Seaside has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,403 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.