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One of the first students to be sent away for education may have been the son of José de la Guerra y Noriega, Juan José Noriega, who was sent to Liverpool, England for education in 1825.

Captain John Lincoln of the ship John Begg wrote to Hartnell on the 15th July 1826 and mentioned Juan José Noriega:

https://archive.org/details/documentos12449996vall/page/n122/mode/2up

(my transcription)

You will undoubtedly be surprised at my not bringing Letters from Don Juan Noriega but having rec'd some from California a few days previous to our sailing he retook back his letters to write others which supposedly will come out by first conveyance. He certainly is a prodigy of nature in acquiring a Language he speaks the English Language fluently and has made great progress in French – he certainly has excelled some that have been in England 3 years from Peru.

Then on 19th March 1827 Juan José Noriega himself wrote to Hartnell from Liverpool and lists the subjects he is studying but doesn't say much else except that he's too busy to write to his sister!

Bancroft in his "History of California:1825-1840" refers to the above letter and states that he was later educated at the "Mont." school under Hartnell and P.Short. He includes the information that Noriega died in 1833 unmarried.

Separately from the above, it appears from a letter sent on 10th August 1829 from McCulloch to Hartnell that another boy may have been sent to Lima under his care:

https://archive.org/details/documentos2455129997vall/page/n356/mode/2up

(my transcription)

I beg leave to enclose you an account against Don Domingo Carrillo for the education of his Son Jose Antonio in Lima and which I will feel obliged by your recovering for me and by your remitting at your most early convenience. I also enclose you the copy of a letter which I have written to Don Domingo which I will feel obliged by your perusing and taking your measures accordingly; you will also find accompanying the several receipts and Documents for the various sums mentioned in the Account of Charges.

I have no more information than is in this extract, so it's not possible to say what sort of education this boy received.

One of the first students to be sent away for education may have been the son of José de la Guerra y Noriega, Juan José Noriega, who was sent to Liverpool, England for education in 1825. When he returned to California in c.1831 at the age of about 21 he was tutored in higher mathematics by Father Patrick Short who in 1834 jointly with William Hartnell, who had engaged him as Noriega's tutor, founded the first school/college in California. Noriega died in 1833 but in a way his legacy, the relationship between Hartnell and Short, led directly to the foundation of the "Colegio de San Jose".

Then on 19th March 1827 Juan José Noriega himself wrote to Hartnell from Liverpool and lists the subjects he is studying but doesn't say much else except that he's too busy to write to his sister!

Bancroft in his "History of California:1825-1840" refers to the above letter and states that he was later educated at the "Mont." school under Hartnell and P.Short. He includes the information that Noriega died in 1833 unmarried. In fact Bancroft is incorrect as the school was not formally founded until 1834, after Noriega's death.

Chapter 5 - 'Schoolmaster' of Dakin's "The Lives of William Hartnell" explains in detail the events surrounding the return of Noriega, the engagement of Father Patrick Short as his tutor, and the subsequent founding of the "Colegio de San Jose".

Separately from the above, it appears from a letter sent on 10th August 1829 from McCulloch to Hartnell that another boy may have been sent to Lima under his care:

On the 29th October 1828 he writes a longer letter to Hartnell from Stonyhurst College in which he says he has been at three different schools, the previous ones being in Liverpool and Shropshire. It is apparent from this letter that he is becoming homesick for California and talks about his plans for returning there, preferably avoiding Cape Horn.

https://archive.org/details/documentos2455129997vall/page/n115/mode/2up

Bancroft in his "History of California:1825-1840" refers to the above letter and states that he was later educated at the "Mont." school under Hartnell and P.Short. He includes the information that Noriega died in 1833 unmarried.

Separately from the above, it appears from a letter sent on 10th August 1829 from McCulloch to Hartnell that another boy may have been sent to Lima under his care:

One of the first students to be sent away for education may have been the son of José de la Guerra y Noriega, Juan Jose Noriega, who was sent to Liverpool, England for education in 1825.

I'm sure I remember seeing in the Vallejo documents a letter that the son Juan Jose Noriega wrote to Hartnell in very good English but as it wasn't directly connected to my research I didn't save the link unfortunately. If I do come across it again I will add it in a comment.

One of the first students to be sent away for education may have been the son of José de la Guerra y Noriega, Juan José Noriega, who was sent to Liverpool, England for education in 1825.

Captain John Lincoln of the ship John Begg wrote to Hartnell on the 15th July 1826 and mentioned Juan José Noriega:

https://archive.org/details/documentos12449996vall/page/n122/mode/2up

(my transcription)

You will undoubtedly be surprised at my not bringing Letters from Don Juan Noriega but having rec'd some from California a few days previous to our sailing he retook back his letters to write others which supposedly will come out by first conveyance. He certainly is a prodigy of nature in acquiring a Language he speaks the English Language fluently and has made great progress in French – he certainly has excelled some that have been in England 3 years from Peru.

Then on 19th March 1827 Juan José Noriega himself wrote to Hartnell from Liverpool and lists the subjects he is studying but doesn't say much else except that he's too busy to write to his sister!

https://archive.org/details/documentos12449996vall/page/n262/mode/2up