| Salinas City Elementary | |
| Address: | 840 South Main Street |
| Zipcode: | 93901 |
| Type: | Public School District |
| Motto: | Students are the focus of our work |
| Grades: | K–6 |
| Students: | 8,271 (2020–2021) |
| Teachers: | 343.0 (FTE) |
| Staff: | 450.97 (FTE) |
| Ratio: | 24.11:1 |
| Superintendent: | Rebeca Andrade |
Salinas City Elementary is an elementary school district located in Salinas, California. As of 2015, Salinas City Elementary had an enrollment of about 9,000 students, of which 80% were Hispanic or Latino. Salinas City Elementary has 13 campuses and employs ~800 classified and certificated employees, making the district one of the largest employers in Salinas, CA.
Salinas City Elementary School District is one of 96 California school districts that has advanced to the federal Title I Program Improvement (PI) Year 3 status based upon failure to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for at least five years and is now subject to corrective action and targeted technical assistance as specified by the federal law.
| Ethnicity | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 80% | 48% | |
| White, not Hispanic | 12% | 30% | |
| Filipino | 3% | 3% | |
| African American, Not Hispanic | 3% | 8% | |
| Asian | 2% | 8% | |
| Pacific Islander | <1% | <1% | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | <1% | <1% | |
| Multiple or No Response | <1% | <2% | |
Roughly 95% of the district's students speak Spanish, with half speaking English as a second language.[1]
The Salinas City Elementary School Education Foundation was founded in 2005 by concerned community members with the purpose of raising funds to provide Salinas City Elementary students with music, technology and art education because the State of California's budgeting had eliminated these opportunities.
| Member | Area |
|---|---|
| Roberto Garcia | Area 1 |
| Francisco Javier Estrada | Area 2 |
| Robert Foster Hoffman | Area 3 |
| Amy Ish | Area 4 |
| Stephen Kim | Area 5 |