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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Frank Paul Elementary, Salinas, CA

CEP schoolFrank Paul Elementary is a public elementary school in Salinas, part of Alisal Union. It enrolled 638 students in 2024-25, with 24.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
638
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
24.5
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 24.7. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school24.5
District24.7
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1300 Rider Ave., Salinas, CA 93905
Phone
(831)753-5740
District
Alisal Union
County
Monterey County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
060195007639
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
552
Reduced-price lunch
35
Free or reduced-price lunch
58792.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
366Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Alisal Union

Elementary schools elsewhere in Salinas

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.