San Antonio Elementary, Lockwood CA

Original Research by School Decision on San Antonio Elementary

San Antonio Elementary is a small, rural K-8 school serving an unincorporated agricultural valley in far southern Monterey County, where ranching, farming, and vineyards make up the economic base. The school also serves families stationed at Fort Hunter Liggett, a large Army Reserve installation nearby. With an enrollment in the small range for its grade band, the school draws a student body that is roughly evenly split between Hispanic and white students, with a modest share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

The state testing data from the most recent year shows academic performance that sits above the midpoint among Monterey County districts when measured across all tested subjects and grades, though proficiency rates themselves are modest. In English language arts, overall proficiency is in the low range, with third grade showing particularly low results and seventh and eighth grades performing somewhat better. Math proficiency is similarly measured, with third grade and fifth grade at the lower end, while sixth and seventh grades post results in the low-to-mid range. Science proficiency in fifth and eighth grades is quite low. This pattern suggests the school faces headwinds in core academic attainment and would benefit from focused intervention, particularly in the elementary grades.

The school's relatively small size means that some grade-level testing data are suppressed for privacy reasons, so the full picture of performance cannot be seen. State testing data for fifth and eighth grades in science, and seventh and eighth grades in math and English language arts, are available; earlier grades show more uneven reporting. Older state testing data from 2013 in eighth-grade social studies is no longer a current indicator and is not discussed here.

Lockwood itself is a remote, low-density settlement oriented around land and self-sufficiency. The community has a post office and a community center but no conventional downtown. Nearby Lake San Antonio, about ten miles away, serves as a regional recreational anchor for boating, camping, and hiking. The housing market is almost entirely large ranches and agricultural parcels, not residential subdivisions; housing values in the area are substantially above the state median. Population has been stable rather than growing. The school sits along Lockwood/Jolon Road and functions as a standalone rural campus rather than part of a walkable civic center. For families in ranching, farming, or military households, or those seeking a very small, rural school setting, San Antonio Elementary offers that specific context. For families prioritizing higher test scores or a broader range of extracurricular and specialized programs, the modest academic proficiency and the limited resources typical of a single-school rural district may warrant looking elsewhere or investigating the school's academic support plans in detail.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 315%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 626%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 736%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 9 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.