Monterey County Office of Education operates 4 public schools serving 633 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Monterey County.
The funding mix is 34.0% local, 47.3% state, and 18.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 255:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 40.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% White, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Monterey County Home Charter, with a diversity index of 35.0/100.
Its largest campus is Monterey County Special Education, enrolling 274 students (40% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Wellington M. Smith Jr., at 50 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Monterey County Special Education accounts for 40.3% of all Monterey County Office of Education student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Monterey County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Monterey County Office of Education school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities
Monterey County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 50 students (lowest) to 274 students (highest), a spread of 224 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Monterey County Office of Education reports 58.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Monterey County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 255:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Monterey County Office of Education is typically wider than the Monterey County Office of Education-aggregate figure suggests.
Monterey County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 40.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Monterey County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Monterey County Office of Education?
Monterey County Office of Education has 4 schools, including 4 combined. Total enrollment is 633 students.
What is the demographic composition of Monterey County Office of Education?
Monterey County Office of Education students are 89.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% White, 1.2% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.