NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Soledad, CA

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11 public K-12 schools in Soledad 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
4,923
Students
27.1/100
Avg Resource Index
20.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Soledad has more public-school enrollment than 54% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Soledad'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 Soledad'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 1 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Soledad's reporting schools show 69.9% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 20.1:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 45-point gap between Pinnacles High and Rose Ferrero Elementary is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment
Top 46%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
7th percentile
Teacher staffing
15th percentile

Soledad High accounts for 31.4% of all Soledad public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Soledad-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

Soledad school enrollment varies 129× across entities

Soledad school enrollment ranges from 12 students (lowest) to 1,546 students (highest), a spread of 1,534 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

Soledad reports 69.9% 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

Soledad student-teacher ratio is 20.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Pinnacles High 55
2. Soledad Virtual Academy 51
3. Mission Elementary 41
4. Soledad Transition Center 40
5. Soledad High 29
6. Main Street Middle 20
7. Frank Ledesma Elementary 17
8. San Vicente Elementary 12
9. Gabilan Elementary 12
10. Jack Franscioni Elementary 11
11. Rose Ferrero Elementary 10

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Soledad

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 Mission Elementary 43.7/100
  2. 2 Frank Ledesma Elementary 10.0/100
  3. 3 Jack Franscioni Elementary 10.0/100
  4. 4 Rose Ferrero Elementary 9.9/100
  5. 5 Pinnacles High 9.3/100

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Which Soledad school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pinnacles High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Soledad schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Soledad, CA? ▼

Soledad has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,923 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.1:1.

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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.