Is Monterey County Home Charter a good school?

Monterey County Home Charter ranks in the bottom 9.8% of California alternative schools.

How many students attend Monterey County Home Charter?

In the 2022-23 school year, 241 students attended Monterey County Home Charter.

What is the racial makeup of Monterey County Home Charter?

Students at Monterey County Home Charter are 75% Hispanic, 22% White, 1% Two or more races.

Monterey County Home Charter

Summary:

Monterey County Home Charter is an alternative public charter school located in Salinas, California, serving grades K-12 with a total enrollment of 241 students. The school is part of the Monterey County Office of Education district.

Monterey County Home Charter stands out for its strong academic performance, with a steady improvement in its four-year graduation rates, reaching 92.1% in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the nearby Wellington M. Smith Junior school's 70.4% graduation rate. The school also outperforms the Monterey County Office of Education district and the state of California in several key test score metrics, with 37.21% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 22.73% for the district and 55.73% for the state. Additionally, Monterey County Home Charter has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 2.0% to 9.5% in recent years, much lower than the 72.6% rate at the nearby Monterey County Special Education school.

Despite the challenges faced by its student population, with a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, Monterey County Home Charter appears to be providing a more effective educational experience than nearby schools. While there is still room for improvement, particularly in mathematics proficiency, the school's consistent performance and strong outcomes suggest that it is a valuable educational option for students in the Salinas area.

Detail:

Public, Charter, Alternative K-12

901 Blanco Cir.
Salinas, CA 93901-4401

(831) 755-0331

District: Monterey County Office of Education

SchoolDigger Rank:
2506^th of 2,777 California Alternative Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,038

Student/teacher ratio: 16.9

Number of students: 241

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

75.1%

White:

21.6%

Two or more races:

1.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 64.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Monterey County Home Charter is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2016 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.42. (See more...)

Compare Details Monterey County Home Charter ranks worse than 90.2% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.99. (See more...)

Compare Details Monterey County Home Charter ranks worse than 71.4% of high schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.57. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Monterey County Home Charter who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (75.1%), White (21.6%), two or more races (1.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 64.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Monterey County Home Charter is 16.9, which is the highest among 3 alternative schools in the Monterey County Office of Education School District! (See more...)

Compare Monterey County Home Charter employs 14.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Monterey County Home Charter is $11,038, which is the lowest among 3 alternative schools in the Monterey County Office of Education School District!

Schooldigger Rankings:

Monterey County Home Charter was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

SchoolDigger ranks Monterey County Home Charter 2506^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Monterey County Home Charter in the ranking list.)

SchoolDigger ranks Monterey County Home Charter 1659^th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Monterey County Home Charter in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Monterey County Home Charter

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	37.47	2777^th	4809	42.3%
2005	43.31	2521^st	4822	47.7%
2006	46.66	2352^nd	4818	51.2%
2007	49.02	2385^th	5113	53.4%
2008	25.29	3945^th	5113	22.8%
2009	35.73	3325^th	5193	36.0%
2010	19.67	4615^th	5314	13.2%
2011	17.49	4830^th	5377	10.2%
2012	18.11	4765^th	5390	11.6%
2013	28.49	4167^th	5530	24.6%
2015	44.51	2766^th	5611	50.7%
2016	23.42	4317^th	5614	23.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Monterey County Home Charter

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Rank History for all middle school students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	29.70	1199^th	1769	32.2%
2005	40.06	996^th	1777	44.0%
2006	25.91	1347^th	1804	25.3%
2007	44.90	1011^th	1999	49.4%
2008	40.03	1154^th	2005	42.4%
2009	36.80	1285^th	2063	37.7%
2010	28.94	1605^th	2179	26.3%
2011	27.21	1720^th	2236	23.1%
2012	26.14	1762^nd	2259	22.0%
2013	27.09	1800^th	2379	24.3%
2015	32.11	1565^th	2477	36.8%
2016	27.35	1746^th	2497	30.1%
2017	23.18	1931^st	2508	23.0%
2018	22.58	1899^th	2480	23.4%
2019	35.54	1603^rd	2715	41.0%
2022	25.59	1968^th	2740	28.2%
2023	36.12	1590^th	2802	43.3%
2024	13.99	2506^th	2777	9.8%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	66.09	582^nd	2369	75.4%
2023	30.00	1765^th	2549	30.8%
2024	16.19	2315^th	2575	10.1%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.91	2153^rd	2262	4.8%
2019	24.73	1798^th	2380	24.5%
2023	37.47	1407^th	2547	44.8%
2024	20.67	2061^st	2546	19.0%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	58.55	721^st	2213	67.4%
2022	34.99	1459^th	2359	38.2%
2023	39.64	1284^th	2391	46.3%
2024	19.47	2030^th	2383	14.8%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all high school students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	35.11	806^th	1653	51.2%
2005	30.55	1034^th	1901	45.6%
2006	39.21	855^th	1968	56.6%
2007	42.73	803^rd	2063	61.1%
2008	46.17	763^rd	2117	64.0%
2009	43.40	924^th	2238	58.7%
2010	41.49	979^th	2281	57.1%
2011	37.60	1113^th	2367	53.0%
2012	45.81	886^th	2354	62.4%
2013	46.55	882^nd	2426	63.6%
2015	31.20	1324^th	1994	33.6%
2016	33.20	1314^th	2039	35.6%
2017	47.18	1085^th	2021	46.3%
2018	44.63	1129^th	2017	44.0%
2019	46.12	1074^th	2133	49.6%
2022	48.53	963^rd	2123	54.6%
2023	35.43	1264^th	2348	46.2%
2024	20.57	1659^th	2323	28.6%

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Rank History for high school English Language Learner students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	34.03	645^th	1323	51.2%
2024	26.34	996^th	1350	26.2%

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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	74.31	165^th	1547	89.3%
2024	36.51	791^st	1534	48.4%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.86	1159^th	1862	37.8%
2019	41.65	1134^th	1937	41.5%
2022	43.49	1031^st	1943	46.9%
2023	35.73	1254^th	2247	44.2%
2024	23.06	1586^th	2235	29.0%

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Rank History for high school Homeless students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	34.66	261^st	417	37.4%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.87	1231^st	1760	30.1%
2019	42.01	1033^rd	1833	43.6%
2022	43.35	975^th	1858	47.5%
2023	35.70	1207^th	2118	43.0%
2024	25.11	1482^nd	2098	29.4%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	51.51	883^rd	1834	51.9%
2019	42.91	1030^th	1880	45.2%
2022	48.44	859^th	1916	55.2%
2023	32.29	1270^th	2207	42.5%
2024	11.96	1810^th	2172	16.7%

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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.94	1104^th	1742	36.6%
2019	48.74	910^th	1814	49.8%
2022	63.27	548^th	1861	70.6%
2023	40.40	1113^th	2142	48.0%
2024	25.42	1464^th	2125	31.1%

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Rank History for high school White students at Monterey County Home Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	46.36	693^rd	1173	40.9%
2019	43.04	722^nd	1222	40.9%
2022	25.99	902^nd	1204	25.1%
2023	29.50	935^th	1434	34.8%
2024	13.69	1160^th	1406	17.5%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Monterey County Home Charter

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
2001	185	12	5	58	0	n/a	n/a	19	279
2002	214	19	9	97	0	n/a	n/a	26	365
2003	214	19	9	97	0	n/a	n/a	26	365
2004	235	4	10	107	0	n/a	n/a	21	377
2005	237	9	3	117	0	n/a	n/a	31	397
2006	206	4	12	110	1	n/a	n/a	53	386
2007	191	17	18	123	4	n/a	n/a	35	388
2008	219	13	17	136	9	n/a	n/a	0	394
2009	172	14	11	154	6	4	43	0	404
2010	160	4	5	197	4	0	49	0	419
2011	128	2	5	203	2	0	37	0	377
2012	129	7	7	202	4	1	54	0	404
2013	144	2	5	214	3	2	40	0	410
2014	147	2	5	262	3	0	27	0	446
2015	158	3	7	225	0	3	6	0	402
2016	118	3	7	243	0	0	10	0	381
2017	91	2	7	187	2	1	8	0	298
2018	85	2	6	186	1	0	7	0	287
2019	64	2	2	213	0	0	5	0	286
2020	66	0	2	193	0	0	4	0	265
2021	72	2	2	195	0	1	5	0	277
2022	63	1	2	189	0	1	2	1	259
2023	52	1	1	181	1	2	3	0	241

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Monterey County Home Charter

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2001	279	13.8	20.2	0
2002	365	22.9	15.9	0
2003	365	22.9	15.9	0
2004	377	18.9	19.9	0
2005	397	20.4	19.5	0
2006	386	21.0	18.4	0
2007	388	18.8	20.6	0
2008	394	21.3	18.5	n/a
2009	404	20.2	18.1	n/a
2010	419	17.0	24.6	n/a
2011	377	n/a	n/a	12.2
2012	404	18.0	22.4	n/a
2013	410	18.0	22.7	53.7
2014	446	19.9	22.3	73.1
2015	402	21.0	19.1	47.3
2016	381	20.0	19.0	55.1
2017	298	17.3	17.2	51
2018	287	15.6	18.3	60.6
2019	286	15.8	18.1	60.8
2020	265	n/a	n/a	60.8
2021	277	14.0	19.7	61.7
2022	259	14.0	18.5	61.8
2023	241	14.1	16.9	64.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Monterey County Home Charter

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2001	279	13.8	20.2	0
2002	365	22.9	15.9	0
2003	365	22.9	15.9	0
2004	377	18.9	19.9	0
2005	397	20.4	19.5	0
2006	386	21.0	18.4	0
2007	388	18.8	20.6	0
2008	394	21.3	18.5	n/a
2009	404	20.2	18.1	n/a
2010	419	17.0	24.6	n/a
2011	377	n/a	n/a	12.2
2012	404	18.0	22.4	n/a
2013	410	18.0	22.7	53.7
2014	446	19.9	22.3	73.1
2015	402	21.0	19.1	47.3
2016	381	20.0	19.0	55.1
2017	298	17.3	17.2	51
2018	287	15.6	18.3	60.6
2019	286	15.8	18.1	60.8
2020	265	n/a	n/a	60.8
2021	277	14.0	19.7	61.7
2022	259	14.0	18.5	61.8
2023	241	14.1	16.9	64.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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