Best Public Schools in Santa Cruz, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				CAST Science (2019)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2019)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2019)							% Completely Immunized (2019)	% Polio (2019)	% Hepatitis B (2019)	% Varicella (2019)	% DTP (2019)	% MMR (2019)
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 (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG
Bay View Elementary	Public	K-5	1231 Bay St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 429-3991	473	23	20.3	50.1%	234 (49.5%)	11 (2.3%)	182 (38.5%)	17 (3.6%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	26 (5.5%)	41	2849^th of 5288 public elementary schools	46.1%		44.1	2894^th of 5662 public elementary schools	48.9%	45	42.0					35.3	38.4	51.9					42.7	29.0	34.6					96.0	96.0	96.0	96.0	96.0	96.0
De Laveaga Elementary	Public	K-5	1145 Morrissey Blvd.	Santa Cruz	95065	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 429-3807	550	25	22.4	39.6%	285 (51.8%)	9 (1.6%)	214 (38.9%)	17 (3.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (3.8%)	60.8	1874^th of 5288 public elementary schools	64.6%		53.9	2341^st of 5662 public elementary schools	58.7%	467	46.7					40.0	58.8	62.7					55.7	38.1	46.7					93.0	≥99.0	95.0	98.0	97.0	97.0
Gault Elementary	Public	K-5	1320 Seabright Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 429-3856	375	16	22.8	70.4%	113 (30.1%)	8 (2.1%)	238 (63.5%)	1 (0.3%)			15 (4.0%)	25.5	3919^th of 5288 public elementary schools	25.9%		13.9	5195^th of 5662 public elementary schools	8.2%	1276	21.3					37.7	31.3	29.5					42.0	22.9	21.7					96.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Westlake Elementary	Public	K-5	1000 High St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City Elementary	No	No	No	No	(831) 429-3878	555	24	23.5	22.5%	344 (62.0%)	6 (1.1%)	113 (20.4%)	33 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	58 (10.5%)	90	611^th of 5288 public elementary schools	88.4%		82.6	1000^th of 5662 public elementary schools	82.3%	389	59.0					79.8	78.5	69.5					73.2	69.2	63.9					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Santa Cruz City Elementary Alternative Education-Monarch	Public, Magnet	K-6	840 N. Branciforte Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City Elementary	No	Yes	No	Yes	(831) 429-3898	143	6	25.0	35.0%	91 (63.6%)	8 (5.6%)	35 (24.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.3%)								(n/a)																				88.0	88.0	92.0	92.0	88.0	92.0
Branciforte Middle	Public	6-8	315 Poplar St.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City High	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 429-3883	482	25	19.5	51.2%	206 (42.7%)	4 (0.8%)	231 (47.9%)	23 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.3%)	67.6	608^th of 2155 public middle schools	71.8%		61.4	814^th of 2480 public middle schools	67.2%	206		45.8							52.6	62.7	60.9					28.9	44.4	50.0
Harbor High	Public	9-12	300 La Fonda Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City High	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 429-3810	926	45	20.7	55.6%	333 (36.0%)	10 (1.1%)	510 (55.1%)	35 (3.8%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	32 (3.5%)	80.7	296^th of 1727 public high schools	82.9%		73.3	528^th of 2017 public high schools	73.8%	232					31.7							69.1							43.2
Costanoa Continuation High	Public	9-12	840 N. Branciforte Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City High	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 429-3898	89	5	19.0	70.8%	24 (27.0%)	1 (1.1%)	61 (68.5%)	1 (1.1%)			2 (2.2%)	9.9	1649^th of 1727 public high schools	4.5%		14.2	1623^rd of 2017 public high schools	19.5%	26				0.0	0.0							5.7							0.0
Mission Hill Middle	Public	6-8	425 King St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City High	No	No	No	No	(831) 429-3860	615	25	24.7	37.7%	333 (54.1%)	14 (2.3%)	196 (31.9%)	32 (5.2%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.8%)	31 (5.0%)	77.5	459^th of 2155 public middle schools	78.7%		78.9	471^st of 2480 public middle schools	81.0%	12		44.0							62.6	64.9	68.8					38.3	53.5	57.1
Santa Cruz High	Public, Magnet	9-12	415 Walnut Ave.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City High	No	Yes	No	No	(831) 429-3960	1,062	42	25.4	31.0%	642 (60.5%)	26 (2.4%)	287 (27.0%)	33 (3.1%)	7 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	65 (6.1%)	89.9	154^th of 1727 public high schools	91.1%		83.7	334^th of 2017 public high schools	83.4%	180					39.2							71.3							63.5
Alternative Family Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	840 N. Branciforte Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City High	No	No	No	No	(831) 429-3898	128	5	26.1	15.6%	104 (81.3%)	1 (0.8%)	12 (9.4%)	1 (0.8%)			10 (7.8%)								(n/a)
Ark Independent Studies	Public	9-12	840 N. Branciforte Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City High	No	No	No	No	(831) 429-3898	61	3	22.1	39.3%	30 (49.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (42.6%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.6%)								(n/a)
Santa Cruz County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	400 Encinal St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	No	No	No	No	(831) 466-5700	92	11	8.3	16.3%	55 (59.8%)	2 (2.2%)	22 (23.9%)	5 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.7%)								(n/a)
Pacific Collegiate Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	3004 Mission St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	Yes	No	No	No	(831) 479-7785	537	30	17.6	11.2%	367 (68.3%)	3 (0.6%)	83 (15.5%)	31 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)		55 (10.2%)	99	16^th of 1727 public high schools	99.1%		97.9	22^nd of 2017 public high schools	98.9%	6		51.7			59.5					90.1	81.8	96.3					73.6	75.0	84.2
Santa Cruz County Court	Public	7-12	400 Encinal St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 466-5728	64	5	12.8	95.3%	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	10.1	1633^rd of 1727 public high schools	5.4%					(n/a)												8.3							0.0
Santa Cruz County Community	Public	7-12	400 Encinal St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 466-5728	637	24	26.9	44.9%	271 (42.5%)	4 (0.6%)	314 (49.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.2%)	30.5	1105^th of 1727 public high schools	36.0%		24.4	1445^th of 2017 public high schools	28.4%	340		18.2			14.2						36.4	32.6						9.1	9.5
Santa Cruz County Regional Occupational Program	Public	10-12	400 Encinal St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	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)
Brook Knoll Elementary	Public	K-5	151 Brook Knoll Dr.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	Scotts Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 423-2454	547	24	23.2	11.0%	371 (67.8%)	11 (2.0%)	77 (14.1%)	57 (10.4%)	9 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.0%)	90.5	585^th of 5288 public elementary schools	88.9%		91.2	557^th of 5662 public elementary schools	90.2%	28	65.9					71.0	77.2	75.9					68.1	76.1	62.2					97.0	97.0	97.0	97.0	97.0	97.0
Green Acres Elementary	Public	K-5	966 Bostwick Ln.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Live Oak Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 475-0111	375	16	23.4	56.0%	132 (35.2%)	13 (3.5%)	188 (50.1%)	17 (4.5%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	20 (5.3%)	55.2	2125^th of 5288 public elementary schools	59.8%		67	1723^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	69.6%	402	28.6					47.8	57.5	57.1					50.7	58.3	30.4					90.0	93.0	91.0	95.0	93.0	93.0
Live Oak Elementary	Public	K-5	1916 Capitola Rd.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Live Oak Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 475-2000	332	13	25.5	82.5%	45 (13.6%)	4 (1.2%)	246 (74.1%)	8 (2.4%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (7.2%)	69	1537^th of 5288 public elementary schools	70.9%		69.5	1587^th of 5662 public elementary schools	72.0%	50	38.7					56.8	67.9	58.7					54.6	62.3	42.2					97.0	97.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	97.0	97.0
Shoreline Middle	Public	6-8	855 17th Ave.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Live Oak Elementary	No	No	No	No	(831) 475-6565	550	27	20.6	61.1%	135 (24.5%)	14 (2.5%)	353 (64.2%)	25 (4.5%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (3.5%)	54.8	843^rd of 2155 public middle schools	60.9%		52.8	1015^th of 2480 public middle schools	59.1%	172		35.6							48.4	53.4	42.3					43.1	36.7	36.2
Del Mar Elementary	Public	K-5	1959 Merrill St.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Live Oak Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 477-2063	402	16	25.1	63.4%	133 (33.1%)	13 (3.2%)	230 (57.2%)	12 (3.0%)	6 (1.5%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.2%)	55.3	2121^st of 5288 public elementary schools	59.9%		63.3	1895^th of 5662 public elementary schools	66.5%	226	39.0					45.5	49.2	61.0					56.4	43.1	32.2					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Ocean Alternative Education Center	Public	K-8	984 Bostwick Ln. Ste. 6	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Live Oak Elementary	No	No	No	No	(831) 475-0767	80	4	22.8	22.5%	57 (71.3%)		12 (15.0%)	2 (2.5%)	2 (2.5%)	1 (1.3%)	6 (7.5%)								(n/a)									72.7	54.6						41.7	27.3
Cypress Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	2039 Merrill St.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Live Oak Elementary	Yes	No	No	No	(831) 477-0302	140	10	14.5	32.9%	97 (69.3%)	2 (1.4%)	28 (20.0%)	4 (2.9%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	7 (5.0%)	85.1	237^th of 1727 public high schools	86.3%		80.4	402^nd of 2017 public high schools	80.1%	165			46.7	50.0	28.6							65.5							44.8
Tierra Pacifica Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	986 Bostwick Ln.	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz	Live Oak Elementary	Yes	No	No	No	(831) 462-9404	155	7	22.4	14.8%	93 (60.0%)	4 (2.6%)	36 (23.2%)	16 (10.3%)	3 (1.9%)		3 (1.9%)	82.3	997^th of 5288 public elementary schools	81.1%		78.4	1208^th of 5662 public elementary schools	78.7%	211	87.5	70.6				62.5	61.1	81.3	40.0	87.5	64.7		68.8	77.8	68.8	55.0	81.3	100.0
Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary	Public	K-5	8005 Winkle Ave.	Santa Cruz	95065	Santa Cruz	Soquel Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 464-5670	325	13	26.0	32.9%	188 (57.8%)	2 (0.6%)	115 (35.4%)	5 (1.5%)			15 (4.6%)	71.9	1424^th of 5288 public elementary schools	73.1%		63.4	1894^th of 5662 public elementary schools	66.5%	470	41.1					53.7	64.9	60.7					65.9	59.7	44.6					≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
Bonny Doon Elementary	Public	K-6	1492 Pine Flat Rd.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz	Bonny Doon Union Elementary	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 427-2300	168	8	21.0	23.2%	151 (89.9%)		8 (4.8%)	4 (2.4%)	2 (1.2%)		3 (1.8%)	74.6	1316^th of 5288 public elementary schools	75.1%		71.8	1487^th of 5662 public elementary schools	73.7%	171	66.7					40.0	64.0	77.8	59.1				26.7	48.0	70.4	59.1				87.0	91.0	87.0	87.0	91.0	87.0
Happy Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	3125 Branciforte Dr.	Santa Cruz	95065	Santa Cruz	Happy Valley Elementary	No	No	No	(n/a)	(831) 429-1456	120	6	19.3	11.7%	83 (69.2%)	1 (0.8%)	9 (7.5%)	6 (5.0%)	3 (2.5%)		18 (15.0%)	96.2	201^st of 5288 public elementary schools	96.2%		93.9	381^st of 5662 public elementary schools	93.3%	180	87.5					94.4	76.5	87.5	81.8				94.4	76.5	75.0	63.6

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Scotts Valley	4.32 mi	3	60^th
Felton	5.16 mi	5	134^th
Soquel	5.43 mi	4	168^th
Capitola	5.56 mi	2	129^th
Aptos	7.31 mi	6	251^st

Best Public Schools in Santa Cruz, CA

Pacific Collegiate Charter

Happy Valley Elementary

Brook Knoll Elementary

Westlake Elementary

Santa Cruz High

Cypress Charter High

Tierra Pacifica Charter

Harbor High

Mission Hill Middle

Bonny Doon Elementary

Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary

Live Oak Elementary

Branciforte Middle

De Laveaga Elementary

Del Mar Elementary

Green Acres Elementary

Shoreline Middle

Bay View Elementary

Santa Cruz County Community

Gault Elementary

Santa Cruz County Court

Costanoa Continuation High

Alternative Family Education

Ark Independent Studies

Ocean Alternative Education Center

Santa Cruz City Elementary Alternative Education-Monarch

Santa Cruz County Regional Occupational Program

Santa Cruz County Special Education

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