King City Arts Magnet is a K-5 school.

It serves grades K-5 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

King City Arts Magnet

King City · Monterey County · King City Union · Public

Public Monterey County King City Union → CDS 2766050…
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Top 9 Math proficiency in Monterey

At a glance

Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How King City Arts Magnet compares for families

What families should know about King City Arts Magnet.

  • Locally🧮 Top 9 in Monterey County on Math proficiency.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Arroyo Seco Academy, Mary Chapa Academy, Almond Acres Charter Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

21% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 21%.
Chronic absent
21.1%
93 of 440 students

Absenteeism is up 3.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Monterey County median
16.4% · school is worse than 70% of 30 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
451 (2018)418 (2026)
-7.3%

If this trend holds (-1.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~413 -5 $0
3 yr (2029) ~402 -16 $0
5 yr (2031) ~391 -27 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does King City Arts Magnet really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Arroyo Seco Academy · Mary Chapa Academy · Almond Acres Charter Academy · Dual Language Academy Of The Monterey Peninsula · Voices College-Bound Language Academy At Morgan Hill · Discovery Charter Ii · +4 more

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Monterey County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

88% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
87.8%
403 of 459 students

56 of 459 students who enrolled at King City Arts Magnet this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (12.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Monterey County median
88.8% · school is in the 40th percentile of 30 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 46th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (439) 87.9%
Socio. disadvantaged (407) 88.2%
English learners (261) 87.7%
Students w/ disabilities (116) 90.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Arroyo Seco Academy 85.9% Mary Chapa Academy 89.0% Almond Acres Charter Academy 91.1% Dual Language Academy Of The Monterey Peninsula 92.6% Voices College-Bound Language Academy At Morgan Hill 90.4%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

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