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Alternative · Grades 7–12 · 18 students
El Puente
20 Sherwood Pl., Salinas, CA 93906
Grades
7–12
High
Students
326
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
16.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Salinas Union High
Monterey County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About El Puente
El Puente is an alternative high school in Salinas, California, serving grades 7–12. It is part of Salinas Union High. The school is located in a midsize city in Monterey County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 326 students were enrolled, with about 16.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical California high school (18.5 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 7–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 7–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 326 students
- Students per teacher
- 16.4 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Midsize
- School district
- Salinas Union High
- County
- Monterey County
- NCES school ID
- 063398012977
Schools near El Puente
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.