King City Arts Magnet
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · King City, California
King City Arts Magnet in King City, California enrolled 424 students in 2024-25 with 19.0 full-time teachers, 22.3 students per teacher against the California elementary-school median of 22.4. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 22-26% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 21% proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 45% and 34.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 11% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 5%
475 students in 2022-23, 447 students in 2023-24, 424 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 20.0 to 19.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 475 | 20.0 | 23.8 |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 20.0 | 22.4 |
| 2024-25 | 424 | 19.0 | 22.3 |
22.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 52 of every 100 California elementary schools
Among the 5,878 California elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 22.4; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection King City Arts Magnet enrolled 469 students and reported no counselor; it reported 11 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions11
- Chronically absent37.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
95.5% of students were Hispanic, 3.5% White, 0.9% Asian in 2024-25.
- Hispanic95.5%
- White3.5%
- Asian0.9%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at King City Arts Magnet scored proficient or above: 22-26% in reading in 2021-22 and 21% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 22‑26% | 23‑27% | 45% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 21% | 12‑15% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Elementary schools in King City
4 public elementary schools in King City report 2024-25 enrollment; King City Arts Magnet is number 3 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Rey Elementary | 639 | 21.9 | 75.7% |
| Santa Lucia Elementary | 637 | 22.7 | 82.3% |
| King City Arts Magnet | 424 | 22.3 | 79.7% |
| Bitterwater-Tully Elementary | 35 | 17.5 | 31.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about King City Arts Magnet
- Santa Lucia ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 0.5 miles away: 637 students, 22.7 per teacher (2024-25).0.5 mi
- Del Rey ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 0.6 miles away: 639 students, 21.9 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
- Compare King City Arts Magnet with Santa Lucia ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much King City Union School District spends per student$16,155 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,155
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaKing City Arts Magnet is the number 3,346 by size of 5,904 California elementary schools open in 2024-25.#3,346 of 5,904
- California schools by students per teacher22.3 students per teacher here against the California median of 22.4 for elementary schools.22.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about King City Arts Magnet
How many students attend King City Arts Magnet?
424 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 475 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in King City, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at King City Arts Magnet?
22.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for elementary schools is 22.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is King City Arts Magnet a Title I school?
King City Arts Magnet has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at King City Arts Magnet do on state tests?
The students tested at King City Arts Magnet scored proficient or above: 22-26% in reading in 2021-22 and 21% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is King City Arts Magnet in?
King City Union School District, NCES district ID 0619680. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 061968010969 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.