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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Monte Bella Elementary, Salinas, CA

CEP schoolMonte Bella Elementary is a public elementary school in Salinas, part of Alisal Union. It enrolled 812 students in 2024-25, with 26.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
812
Teachers (FTE)
31.0
Students per teacher
26.2
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 1.5 higher than 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 school26.2
District24.7
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1300 Tuscany Blvd., Salinas, CA 93905
Phone
(831)753-5700
District
Alisal Union
County
Monterey County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
060195013182
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
573
Reduced-price lunch
127
Free or reduced-price lunch
70086.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
339Students 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.