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Pacific Collegiate Charter

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Public, Charter Grades 7-12

549

Students ?

17.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

11.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3004 Mission St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-6225

(831) 479-7785

District: Santa Cruz County Office of Education

Racial breakdown:

White:

68.3%

Hispanic:

14.6%

Two or more races:

11.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 96th percentile in 2009 → 99th in 2019

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (72% vs 36% meeting standards)

✓100% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

Students meeting standards (2018-2019) ?

This school72%

District avg48%

California avg36%

Not ranked this year

Pacific Collegiate Charter did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	94.6	147 of 2715	94.6%	★★★★★
2018	95.8	95 of 2480	96.2%	★★★★★
2017	95.6	105 of 2508	95.8%	★★★★★
2016	94.8	105 of 2497	95.8%	★★★★★
2015	94.5	116 of 2477	95.3%	★★★★★
2013	84.8	199 of 2379	91.6%	★★★★★
2012	85.0	191 of 2259	91.5%	★★★★★
2011	88.2	132 of 2236	94.1%	★★★★★
2010	90.3	96 of 2179	95.6%	★★★★★
2009	81.1	272 of 2063	86.8%	★★★★☆
2008	88.9	128 of 2005	93.6%	★★★★★
2007	79.9	305 of 1999	84.7%	★★★★☆
2006	85.1	203 of 1804	88.7%	★★★★☆
2005	82.8	243 of 1777	86.3%	★★★★☆
2004	83.1	232 of 1769	86.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	89.2	246 of 2380	89.7%	★★★★☆
2018	93.3	140 of 2262	93.8%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	85.7	202 of 2213	90.9%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	81.1	283 of 2369	88.1%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	97.8	50 of 2407	97.9%	★★★★★
2018	96.8	72 of 2273	96.8%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	85.4	159 of 1602	90.1%	★★★★★
2018	88.7	94 of 1496	93.7%	★★★★★

High school ranking

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	99.0	18 of 2133	99.2%	★★★★★
2018	97.9	22 of 2017	98.9%	★★★★★
2017	97.7	20 of 2021	99.0%	★★★★★
2016	90.7	176 of 2039	91.4%	★★★★★
2015	95.4	64 of 1994	96.8%	★★★★★
2013	82.7	106 of 2426	95.6%	★★★★★
2012	84.3	85 of 2354	96.4%	★★★★★
2011	91.8	20 of 2367	99.2%	★★★★★
2010	91.5	20 of 2281	99.1%	★★★★★
2009	81.5	92 of 2238	95.9%	★★★★★
2008	88.3	31 of 2117	98.5%	★★★★★
2007	81.4	105 of 2063	94.9%	★★★★★
2006	78.1	151 of 1968	92.3%	★★★★★
2005	83.6	56 of 1901	97.1%	★★★★★
2004	89.1	23 of 1653	98.6%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	98.4	16 of 1833	99.1%	★★★★★
2018	96.4	31 of 1760	98.2%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	89.5	134 of 1814	92.6%	★★★★★
2018	94.1	86 of 1742	95.1%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	98.8	27 of 1937	98.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	98.7	30 of 1880	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	98.6	20 of 1834	98.9%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	95.5	5 of 422	98.8%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	96.6	18 of 1222	98.5%	★★★★★
2018	96.7	13 of 1173	98.9%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

Male (2019)98th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2019)91st percentile-4 vs school

White (2019)90th percentile-5 vs school

Female (2019)90th percentile-5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2019)88th percentile-7 vs school

High school

Female (2019)99th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2019)99th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2019)99th percentile~ school

White (2019)99th percentile~ school

Male (2019)98th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2019)93rd percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2018-2019) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy89%+37 vs state

Mathematics77%+42 vs state

Science56%+27 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pacific Collegiate Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	3004 Mission St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz County	Pacific Collegiate Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 479-7785	536	31	17.5	9.7%	331 (61.8%)	2 (0.4%)	86 (16.0%)	37 (6.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	77 (14.4%)	99.1	13^th of 2162 public high schools	99.4%		99.2	12^th of 2159 public high schools	99.4%	1	58.8		80.8	68.6	89.1	77.3	95.2	86.1	60.2	58.8	77.8	64.0
Santa Cruz High	Public	9-12	415 Walnut Ave.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 429-3960	1,093	46	23.8	22.7%	634 (58.0%)	18 (1.6%)	317 (29.0%)	27 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	95 (8.7%)	89.7	203^rd of 2162 public high schools	90.6%		93.8	140^th of 2159 public high schools	93.5%	63		51.7	50.6	51.1			69.0	69.0			50.6	50.6	$17,409	$1,956	$15,453
Santa Cruz County Regional Occupational Program	Public	10-12	400 Encinal St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz County Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 466-5762	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Santa Cruz County Court	Public	7-12	400 Encinal St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 466-5728	20	2	10.0	85.0%	4 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.0%)								(n/a)													$50,038	$5,664	$44,374
Santa Cruz County Community	Public	7-12	400 Encinal St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 466-5728	730	32	22.6	58.5%	256 (35.1%)	9 (1.2%)	426 (58.4%)	12 (1.6%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.5%)	31.3	1461^st of 2162 public high schools	32.4%		30	1488^th of 2159 public high schools	31.1%	27			19.2	18.0		9.1	32.9	31.1		8.3	6.4	6.4	$31,571	$2,919	$28,652
Costanoa Continuation High	Public	9-12	840 North Branciforte Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 429-3898	77	3	22.7	57.1%	15 (19.5%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (74.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.5%)	13.3	1868^th of 2162 public high schools	13.6%		16.6	1770^th of 2159 public high schools	18.0%	98		4.0	13.3	7.5			4.4	4.4			0.0	0.0	$22,210	$2,267	$19,943
Ark Independent Studies	Public	6-12	840 North Branciforte Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 429-3898	56	2	27.1	41.1%	25 (44.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.4%)	44.5	1154^th of 2162 public high schools	46.6%		67.1	612^th of 2159 public high schools	71.7%	542				26.3			53.3	53.3			13.3	13.3	$22,913	$2,179	$20,734
Harbor High	Public	9-12	300 La Fonda Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 429-3810	1,013	55	18.5	38.2%	350 (34.6%)	6 (0.6%)	564 (55.7%)	27 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	64 (6.3%)	66.4	667^th of 2162 public high schools	69.1%		68.9	584^th of 2159 public high schools	73.0%	83		34.6	33.3	34.0			59.7	59.7			25.7	25.7	$18,858	$2,563	$16,295
Soquel High	Public	9-12	401 Old San Jose Rd.	Soquel	95073	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz City High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 429-3909	1,074	54	19.9	29.1%	510 (47.5%)	7 (0.7%)	424 (39.5%)	17 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	113 (10.5%)	80	411^th of 2162 public high schools	81.0%		77.4	448^th of 2159 public high schools	79.2%	37		50.4	31.9	40.6			72.5	72.5			34.2	34.2	$18,421	$2,017	$16,404
San Lorenzo Valley High	Public	9-12	7105 Highway 9	Felton	95018	Santa Cruz County	San Lorenzo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 335-4425	578	27	21.0	20.2%	465 (80.4%)	3 (0.5%)	72 (12.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.1%)	83.2	355^th of 2162 public high schools	83.6%		90	225^th of 2159 public high schools	89.6%	130		57.3		55.9			66.1	66.1			39.0	39.0	$18,071	$875	$17,196

Frequently Asked Questions about Pacific Collegiate Charter

What is the racial makeup of Pacific Collegiate Charter?

Students at Pacific Collegiate Charter are 68% White, 15% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

What district is Pacific Collegiate Charter in?

Santa Cruz County Office of Education

How many students attend Pacific Collegiate Charter?

In the 2018-19 school year, 549 students attended Pacific Collegiate Charter.

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