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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Carmel River Elementary, Carmel, CA

Carmel River Elementary is a public elementary school in Carmel, part of Carmel Unified. It enrolled 400 students in 2024-25, with 21.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
400
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
21.1
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 5.4 higher than the district figure of 15.7. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school21.1
District15.7
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
Monte Verde St. and 15th Ave., Carmel, CA 93923
Phone
(831)624-4609
District
Carmel Unified
County
Monterey County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
060753000720
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
52
Reduced-price lunch
7
Free or reduced-price lunch
5914.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
35Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Carmel Unified

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.