High · Alternative · Grades 7 to 12
North Monterey County Center for Independent Study, Salinas, CA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 96
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.0
- Students per teacher
- 24.0
- Grades
- 7 to 12
This school's ratio is 1.7 higher than the district figure of 22.3. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 17500 Pesante Rd., Salinas, CA 93907
- Phone
- (831)633-7050
- District
- North Monterey County Unified
- County
- Monterey County
- Level
- High
- Type
- Alternative
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- NCES school ID
- 062759009412
School meals
- Free lunch
- 75
- Reduced-price lunch
- 5
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 8083.3% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 48Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
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 high schools in North Monterey County Unified
- North Monterey County High 1,250 students
- Central Bay High (Continuation) 23 students
High schools elsewhere in Salinas
- Alisal High Salinas Union High
- Salinas High Salinas Union High
- North Salinas High Salinas Union High
- Everett Alvarez High Salinas Union High
- Rancho San Juan High Salinas Union High
- El Puente Salinas Union High
- Mount Toro High Salinas Union High
- Salinas Community Monterey County Office of Education
- Open Door Charter Monterey County Office of Education
- Carr Lake Community Day Salinas Union High
- Mission Trails ROP Mission Trails ROP
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.