Regular local school district · Monterey County
Salinas Union High, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Salinas Union High runs 12 public schools with 15,813 students in grades 7 to 12. Its ratio of 21.1 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 15,813
- Teachers (FTE)
- 749
- Students per teacher
- 21.1
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 431 West Alisal St., Salinas, CA 93901
- Phone
- (831)796-7000
- County
- Monterey County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- 7 to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0633980
- State district ID
- CA-2766159
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,699
- School counselors (FTE)
- 71.0About 223 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 37.0
Students per teacher compared
This district21.1
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (16,423), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $295.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $31.2 million
- State revenue
- $208.5 million
- Local revenue
- $55.7 million
- Total spending
- $245.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,951
- Salaries
- $131.8 million53.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $143.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.6%
- State: 70.6%
- Local: 18.9%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,951
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Salinas Union High
By level: 8 high, 4 middle. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alisal HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,742 | 23.0 |
| Carr Lake Community DayCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 18 | 9.0 |
| El PuenteCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 326 | 17.2 |
| El Sausal MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,067 | 22.2 |
| Everett Alvarez HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,978 | 22.0 |
| Harden MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,101 | 21.2 |
| La Paz MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,099 | 20.4 |
| Mount Toro HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 204 | 15.7 |
| North Salinas HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,106 | 20.2 |
| Rancho San Juan HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,600 | 21.1 |
| Salinas HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,380 | 21.6 |
| Washington MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,082 | 21.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Monterey County
- Monterey Peninsula Unified 9,350 students
- Salinas City Elementary School District 8,236 students
- Alisal Union 7,303 students
- Soledad Unified 4,744 students
- North Monterey County Unified 4,290 students
- Greenfield Union Elementary 3,322 students
- Santa Rita Union Elementary 3,088 students
- South Monterey County Joint Union High 2,666 students
- King City Union 2,554 students
- Carmel Unified 2,157 students
- Gonzales Unified 1,962 students
- Pacific Grove Unified 1,749 students
- Spreckels Union Elementary 850 students
- Washington Union Elementary 756 students
- Monterey County Office of Education 733 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.