📍 25 Amesti Rd., Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, 95076
Amesti Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County. The school has 456 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carlos Moran. It is part of the Pajaro Valley Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
Amesti Elementary enrolls 456 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% Asian and 1.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 441 | 97% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.1% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
424 of the school's 456 students (93%) 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.
Amesti 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.
Amesti Elementary is one of 34 schools in Pajaro Valley Unified, based in Watsonville, California. The district serves 16,588 students district-wide and employs 831 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 456 students, Amesti Elementary is close to the district average of about 488 students per school.