📍 2235 Elkhorn Rd., Castroville, Monterey County, 95012
Elkhorn Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Castroville, Monterey County. The school has 569 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lorene Harvey. It is part of the North Monterey County Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
Elkhorn Elementary enrolls 569 students across grades K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 25.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 7.4% White and 1.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 513 | 90% |
| White | 42 | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
455 of the school's 569 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Elkhorn Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Elkhorn Elementary is one of 8 schools in North Monterey County Unified, based in Moss Landing, California. The district serves 4,290 students district-wide and employs 200 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 569 students, Elkhorn Elementary is close to the district average of about 536 students per school.