Salinas
Salinas, CA schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
$1,162 left/mo
3 bd $3,154/mo in Salinas. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule.
Public-school students
72,224
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
21.3
3,398 teachers
Districts / schools
31 / 143
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$1,162
NCES counts 143 public schools here. 144 are filed under a level. 1 is not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
12 largest districts in Salinas.
- Salinas Union High
Salinas
- Students
- 15,813
- Schools
- 12
- Pupil–teacher
- 21.1
- Monterey Peninsula Unified
Monterey
- Students
- 9,350
- Schools
- 20
- Pupil–teacher
- 20.7
- Salinas City Elementary
Salinas
- Students
- 8,236
- Schools
- 15
- Pupil–teacher
- 22.9
- Alisal Union
Salinas
- Students
- 7,303
- Schools
- 13
- Pupil–teacher
- 24.6
- Soledad Unified
Soledad
- Students
- 4,744
- Schools
- 10
- Pupil–teacher
- 22.4
- North Monterey County Unified
Castroville
- Students
- 4,290
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 22.2
- Greenfield Union Elementary
Greenfield
- Students
- 3,322
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 22.3
- Santa Rita Union Elementary
Salinas
- Students
- 3,088
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 20.7
- South Monterey County Joint Union High
King City
- Students
- 2,666
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 22.9
- King City Union
King City
- Students
- 2,554
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 22.1
- Carmel Unified
Carmel
- Students
- 2,157
- Schools
- 9
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.7
- Gonzales Unified
Gonzales
- Students
- 1,962
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 20.4
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
80
Elementary grades
Middle
19
Middle or junior high
High
32
Secondary grades
Other
13
K–12, ungraded, alternative
144 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Salinas metro sits
Roughly the core of the Salinas, CA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. −$1,818 left/mo. Childcare $1,245. Salinas paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Salinas
Take-home by job in Salinas
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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