Summary:
The Watsonville Prep District list contains one school, Watsonville Prep, serving kindergarten through grade 8, with 488 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade results were below California’s in English language arts (ELA), math, and science: 44% versus 49% in ELA, 33% versus 38% in math, and 17% versus 36% in science. The clearest concern is science, where the school’s result was 19 percentage points below the state.
There is no local school leader or lowest-performing school to compare because this list includes only Watsonville Prep; its most important contrast is between subjects and grades. Science trails the state most, while ELA and math are each about 6 points below. Grade-level results show both strengths and weak spots: ELA was highest in grade 8 at 56% and lowest in grade 7 at 27%; math was highest in grade 3 at 46% and lowest in grade 7 at 14%. ELA was above the state in grades 5, 6, and 8, by about 2 to 6 points, but grade 7 was 23 points below. Math was below the state in every reported grade, from less than 1 point below in grade 3 to 24 points below in grade 7. Science results were 21% in grade 5 and 13% in grade 8, both below state results.
Recent changes are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA improved by 2 points and its gap with the state narrowed by 2 points; math rose by less than 1 point, while the state gained 1 point and the gap widened by 1 point. Science fell by 4 points as the state rose by 3, widening the gap by 8 points. SchoolDigger rates the school 2 stars; its ranking was at the 50th percentile in 2025–2026, after 41st in 2024–2025 and 61st in 2023–2024. As context, 77% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, the student–teacher ratio was 23.6 that year, and chronic absenteeism was 17% in 2025–2026, about 2 points below the state. With only one school listed, comparisons among local schools are not possible.
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