La Mesa (Monterey Peninsula Unified SCH DIST.), California - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

La Mesa is a Elementary in Monterey, CA. It currently serves 654 students (grades KG-08). The school is part of the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in Monterey Peninsula Unified School District and all schools in California.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:654
Number of Teachers: 30
Student/Teacher Ratio: 22.01

Location Info

Location: 1 La Mesa Way, Monterey, CA 93940
Mailing Address: 1 La Mesa Way, Monterey, CA 93940-4894
Phone: (831)649-1872
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 94
Grade 2 69
Grade 3 84
Grade 4 55
Grade 5 64
Grade 6 56
Grade 7 65
Grade 8 41
Kindergarten 126
Gender/Sex of La Mesa Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 331 50.61
Female 322 49.24
Race/Ethnicity Demography of La Mesa Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0.31
Asian 73 11.16
Black or African American 21 3.21
Hispanic/Latino 201 30.73
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 1.22
Two or more races 52 7.95
White 296 45.26
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 41 12.39
Black or African American 9 2.72
Hispanic/Latino 103 31.12
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 1.21
Two or more races 26 7.86
White 148 44.71
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0.62
Asian 32 9.94
Black or African American 12 3.73
Hispanic/Latino 98 30.44
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 1.24
Two or more races 26 8.07
White 148 45.96

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 8 8.51
Black or African American 6 6.38
Hispanic/Latino 26 27.66
Two or more races 11 11.70
White 43 45.75
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1.45
Asian 8 11.59
Hispanic/Latino 18 26.09
Two or more races 7 10.15
White 35 50.73
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 7 8.33
Black or African American 4 4.76
Hispanic/Latino 25 29.76
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2.38
Two or more races 5 5.95
White 41 48.81
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 4 7.27
Hispanic/Latino 19 34.55
Two or more races 2 3.64
White 30 54.55
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 9 14.06
Black or African American 4 6.25
Hispanic/Latino 22 34.38
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 3.13
Two or more races 2 3.13
White 25 39.06
Grade 6 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 8 14.29
Black or African American 2 3.57
Hispanic/Latino 22 39.29
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1.79
Two or more races 3 5.36
White 19 33.93
Grade 7 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1.54
Asian 7 10.77
Black or African American 3 4.62
Hispanic/Latino 23 35.39
Two or more races 5 7.69
White 26 40.00
Grade 8 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 5 12.20
Black or African American 1 2.44
Hispanic/Latino 24 58.54
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2.44
Two or more races 1 2.44
White 9 21.95
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 17 13.49
Black or African American 1 0.79
Hispanic/Latino 22 17.46
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1.59
Two or more races 16 12.70
White 68 53.97