Monterey Times

Alisal High School had the highest enrollment among Monterey County schools, welcoming 2,852 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52% of them were boys, 47.8% were girls, and 0.2% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Among the 134 schools in Monterey County, Salinas High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,567 students, while Everett Alvarez High School welcomed 2,146 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Alisal High School is part of Salinas Union High School District, which roughly covers schools within Monterey County and has a main office in Salinas.

In the previous school year, Alisal High School also had the highest number of students among Monterey County schools.

In the last decade, enrollment in California elementary and secondary schools rose by at least 5%, while high school enrollment dropped 5%.

However, overall enrollment in California public schools is sliding, and predicted by the Public Policy Institute of California to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Alisal High School	Salinas	2,852
Salinas High School	Salinas	2,567
Everett Alvarez High School	Salinas	2,146
North Salinas High School	Salinas	2,112
Rancho San Juan High School	Salinas	1,699
Soledad High School	Soledad	1,534
Monterey High School	Monterey	1,399
Greenfield High School	Greenfield	1,384
North Monterey County High School	Castroville	1,286
King City High School	King City	1,227
La Paz Middle School	Salinas	1,148
Seaside High School	Seaside	1,130
Harden Middle School	Salinas	1,096
Washington Middle School	Salinas	1,067
El Sausal Middle School	Salinas	1,035
Sherwood Elementary School	Salinas	911
Chalone Peaks Middle School	King City	887
Carmel High School	Carmel	858
La Gloria Elementary School	Gonzales	840
Monte Bella Elementary School	Salinas	837
Gonzales High School	Gonzales	809
Main Street Middle School	Soledad	749
Fremont Elementary School	Salinas	734
Henry F. Kammann Elementary School	Salinas	708
Vista Verde Middle School	Greenfield	704
Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary School	Salinas	695
Mary Chapa Academy	Greenfield	693
Los Padres Elementary School	Salinas	683
Natividad Elementary School	Salinas	681
Oak Avenue Elementary School	Greenfield	681
Marina High School	Marina	674
North Monterey County Middle School	Castroville	643
Prunedale Elementary School	Salinas	640
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School	Salinas	639
Arroyo Seco Academy	Greenfield	630
Cesar Chavez Elementary School	Greenfield	626
Frank Paul Elementary School	Salinas	623
Mission Park Elementary School	Salinas	621
Del Rey Elementary School	King City	617
Castroville Elementary School	Castroville	611
Oscar F. Loya Elementary School	Salinas	603
Santa Lucia Elementary School	King City	599
Alisal Community	Salinas	596
Boronda Meadows	Salinas	594
John Gutierrez Middle School	Salinas	594
Lincoln Elementary School	Salinas	592
Bardin Elementary School	Salinas	590
Gavilan View Middle School	Salinas	587
Spreckels Elementary School	Spreckels	583
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy	Salinas	581
Monte Vista	Monterey	572
El Gabilan Elementary School	Salinas	570
Santa Rita Elementary School	Salinas	570
Elkhorn Elementary School	Castroville	569
La Mesa Elementary School	Monterey	564
Martin Luther King	Seaside	564
Roosevelt Elementary School	Salinas	557
Creekside Elementary School	Salinas	548
Pacific Grove High School	Pacific Grove	547
La Joya Elementary School	Salinas	542
Echo Valley Elementary School	Salinas	537
New Republic Elementary School	Salinas	537
San Vicente Elementary School	Soledad	532
Monterey Park Elementary School	Salinas	517
Virginia Rocca Barton Elementary School	Salinas	514
George C. Marshall Elementary School	Monterey	513
John E. Steinbeck Elementary School	Salinas	511
J. C. Crumpton Elementary School	Marina	506
Ord Terrace Elementary School	Seaside	500
Carmel Middle School	Carmel	498
University Park Elementary School	Salinas	495
Seaside Middle School	Seaside	491
Frank Ledesma Elementary School	Soledad	486
King City Arts Magnet	King City	475
Hall District Elementary School	Watsonville	472
Loma Vista Elementary School	Salinas	469
Marina Vista Elementary School	Marina	466
Rose Ferrero Elementary School	Soledad	466
Del Rey Woods Elementary School	Seaside	465
Gabilan Elementary School	Soledad	462
Fairview Middle School	Gonzales	461
Tularcitos Elementary School	Carmel Valley	442
Pajaro Middle School	Watsonville	440
Jack Franscioni Elementary School	Soledad	438
Laurel Wood Elementary School	Salinas	438
Pacific Grove Middle School	Pacific Grove	420
Ione Olson Elementary School	Marina	419
Robert Down Elementary School	Pacific Grove	408
McKinnon	Salinas	401
Los Arboles Middle School	Marina	396
Ohlone Elementary School	Watsonville	389
Forest Grove Elementary School	Pacific Grove	387
Carmel River Elementary School	Carmel	386
Aromas	Aromas	381
Buena Vista Middle School	Salinas	335
Toro Park Elementary School	Salinas	322
Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula	Seaside	314
El Puente	Salinas	279
Chualar Elementary School	Chualar	278
Boronda Elementary School	Salinas	267
Monterey County Special Education	Salinas	256
Monterey County Home Charter	Salinas	241
San Benancio Middle School	Salinas	240
Mount Toro High School	Salinas	214
Washington Elementary School	Salinas	172
Salinas City Virtual Academy	Salinas	170
North Monterey County Center for Independent Study	Salinas	168
San Antonio Elementary School	Lockwood	137
Walter Colton	Monterey	129
Mission Elementary School	Soledad	122
Central Coast High School	Seaside	116
Salinas Community	Salinas	107
Pinnacle Coastal Valley High School	King City	87
San Ardo Elementary School	San Ardo	79
Lagunita Elementary School	Salinas	76
San Lucas Elementary School	San Lucas	70
Portola-Butler Continuation High School	King City	63
Soledad Virtual Academy	Soledad	50
Captain Cooper Elementary School	Big Sur	42
Alisal Virtual Academy	Salinas	38
Bradley Elementary School	Bradley	37
Graves Elementary School	Salinas	31
Wellington M. Smith Jr.	Salinas	29
Central Bay High (Continuation)	Salinas	28
Carmel Child Development Center	Carmel	27
Carr Lake Community Day	Salinas	21
Carmel Valley High School	Carmel	20
Pacific Valley (K-12)	Big Sur	19
Pinnacles High School	Soledad	16
Soledad Transition Center	Soledad	15
Community High (Continuation)	Pacific Grove	10
Parkfield Elementary School	San Miguel	10
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Community Day	Seaside	7
Monterey Peninsula UNF School District COM Day MID	Seaside	2