Best Schools in Pajaro Valley Unified

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018)				Ranking (2017)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2018)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2018)
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 (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Statewide Rank (2017)	State Percentile (2017)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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 English Language Arts/Literacy 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
E. A. Hall Middle	Public	6-8	201 Brewington Ave.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6270	662	24	27.6	44.0%	14 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	638 (96.4%)	9 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7.2	2414^th of 2480 public middle schools	2.7%		7.9	2430^th of 2508 public middle schools	3.1%	16				10.6	15.5	17.8					4.7	9.7	6.5
Freedom Elementary	Public	K-5	25 Holly Dr.	Freedom	95019	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6260	652	27	24.1	47.0%	17 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	621 (95.2%)	10 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18	4847^th of 5662 public elementary schools	14.4%		16.3	5004^th of 5692 public elementary schools	12.1%	157	19.3	25.4	35.9					36.1	12.8	17.7
H. A. Hyde Elementary	Public	K-5	125 Alta Vista St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6243	544	23	23.6	50.0%	47 (8.6%)	1 (0.2%)	496 (91.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18.8	4785^th of 5662 public elementary schools	15.5%		15.8	5052^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	11.2%	267	20.2	18.3	32.9					30.3	25.7	25.0
Mintie White Elementary	Public	K-5	515 Palm Ave.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6321	689	28	24.6	51.0%	52 (7.5%)	3 (0.4%)	631 (91.6%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.2	5478^th of 5662 public elementary schools	3.2%		8.1	5589^th of 5692 public elementary schools	1.8%	111	18.7	21.9	18.1					19.8	15.1	7.7
Rolling Hills Middle	Public	6-8	130 Herman Ave.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6341	639	22	29.0	92.0%	11 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	608 (95.1%)	16 (2.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	12.2	2282^nd of 2480 public middle schools	8.0%		16.3	2172^nd of 2508 public middle schools	13.4%	110				16.7	15.5	31.6					11.1	9.9	13.0
T. S. MacQuiddy Elementary	Public	K-5	330 Martinelli St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6315	625	27	23.1	55.0%	8 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	604 (96.6%)	9 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9.4	5474^th of 5662 public elementary schools	3.3%		7.4	5610^th of 5692 public elementary schools	1.4%	136	20.6	15.2	22.6					17.2	17.4	7.8
New School Community Day	Public	7-12	165 Harkins Slough Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 761-6140	40	3	13.3	45.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.9	1965^th of 2017 public high schools	2.6%					(n/a)							0.0							0.0
Pacific Coast Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	294 Green Valley Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	Yes	No	No	No	(831) 761-6021	242	8	30.7	46.0%	74 (30.6%)	1 (0.4%)	158 (65.3%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)								(n/a)						45.8	43.6						33.3	12.5
Diamond Technology Institute	Public, Charter	9-12	112 Diamond Dr.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6225	66	4	16.5	33.0%	7 (10.6%)	1 (1.5%)	57 (86.4%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60	800^th of 2017 public high schools	60.3%					(n/a)							53.3							26.7
Ann Soldo Elementary	Public	K-5	1140 Menasco Dr.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 786-1310	627	27	23.2	41.0%	91 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	520 (82.9%)	11 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	14.1	5164^th of 5662 public elementary schools	8.8%		10.9	5443^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	4.4%	279	25.6	22.6	25.0					31.8	16.0	11.9
Linscott Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	220 Elm St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	Yes	No	No	No	(831) 728-6301	276	9	30.6	41.0%	55 (19.9%)	0 (0.0%)	212 (76.8%)	7 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	44.9	2838^th of 5662 public elementary schools	49.9%		32.7	3631^st of 5692 public elementary schools	36.2%	793	51.9	41.4	37.9	49.0	50.0	56.7		42.9	20.7	20.7	46.9	40.7	53.3
Watsonville High	Public	9-12	250 E. Beach St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6390	1,966	81	24.2	79.0%	45 (2.3%)	8 (0.4%)	1,891 (96.2%)	18 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	46.1	1093^rd of 2017 public high schools	45.8%		45.1	1121^st of 2021 public high schools	44.5%	28							46.7							17.4
Starlight Elementary	Public	K-5	225 Hammer Dr.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6974	665	30	22.1	50.0%	22 (3.3%)	2 (0.3%)	639 (96.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.5	4963^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	12.3%		13.7	5218^th of 5692 public elementary schools	8.3%	255	22.3	20.7	20.5					36.8	27.0	14.5
Radcliff Elementary	Public	K-5	550 Rodriguez St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6469	553	23	24.0	62.0%	19 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	531 (96.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.2	5521^st of 5662 public elementary schools	2.5%		13.1	5261^st of 5692 public elementary schools	7.6%	260	9.6	16.3	18.0					12.1	19.6	10.1
Landmark Elementary	Public	K-5	235 Ohlone Pkwy.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 761-7940	582	25	23.2	43.0%	15 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	553 (95.0%)	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.8	5331^st of 5662 public elementary schools	5.8%		10.1	5485^th of 5692 public elementary schools	3.6%	154	14.1	21.4	21.3					15.5	25.3	15.2
Cesar E. Chavez Middle	Public	6-8	440 Arthur Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 761-7699	646	26	24.8	89.0%	20 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	622 (96.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.5	2190^th of 2480 public middle schools	11.7%		14.5	2234^th of 2508 public middle schools	10.9%	44				25.4	33.2	27.9					8.7	10.6	10.1
Ceiba College Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	6-12	260 W. Riverside Dr.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(831) 740-8800	509	25	20.6	81.0%	7 (1.4%)	2 (0.4%)	496 (97.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				29.8	43.8	43.9	72.7				28.6	57.5	29.3	16.7
Valencia Elementary	Public	K-6	250 Aptos Sch Rd.	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 688-2013	546	23	23.7	31.0%	351 (64.3%)	12 (2.2%)	162 (29.7%)	12 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.5%)	76.4	1295^th of 5662 public elementary schools	77.1%		75.4	1316^th of 5692 public elementary schools	76.9%	21	55.3	56.1	63.9	71.8				55.3	50.0	58.3	64.7
Mar Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	6860 Soquel Dr.	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 688-5211	468	19	24.6	29.0%	280 (59.8%)	7 (1.5%)	143 (30.6%)	27 (5.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	47.1	2712^th of 5662 public elementary schools	52.1%		61.2	1960^th of 5692 public elementary schools	65.6%	752	52.7	33.3	52.5	39.6				61.8	20.9	47.5	31.4
Rio del Mar Elementary	Public	K-6	819 Pinehurst Dr.	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 688-2053	581	24	24.7	11.0%	453 (78.0%)	3 (0.5%)	96 (16.5%)	13 (2.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.1%)	87.1	791^st of 5662 public elementary schools	86.0%		84.9	919^th of 5692 public elementary schools	83.9%	128	76.8	64.7	65.8	76.5				87.1	62.6	51.3	65.7
Aptos Junior High	Public	7-8	1001 Hntngtn Dr.	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 688-3234	693	23	30.1	39.0%	366 (52.8%)	7 (1.0%)	282 (40.7%)	28 (4.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.0%)	72.7	588^th of 2480 public middle schools	76.3%		66.8	737^th of 2508 public middle schools	70.6%	149					67.4	53.1						54.8	41.5
Bradley Elementary	Public	K-6	321 Corralitos Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 728-6366	558	23	24.2	50.0%	196 (35.1%)	10 (1.8%)	329 (59.0%)	15 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	30.2	3806^th of 5662 public elementary schools	32.8%		50.9	2499^th of 5692 public elementary schools	56.1%	1307	28.2	35.2	35.0	43.7				27.6	29.6	28.2	31.3
Calabasas Elementary	Public	K-6	202 Calabasas Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6368	660	27	24.4	54.0%	37 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	616 (93.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	11.5	5354^th of 5662 public elementary schools	5.4%		11.4	5405^th of 5692 public elementary schools	5.0%	51	8.3	17.3	19.4	36.8				17.7	17.3	9.2	21.1
Amesti Elementary	Public	K-5	25 Amesti Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6250	613	26	23.5	50.0%	14 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	588 (95.9%)	9 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7.8	5543^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	2.1%		9	5546^th of 5692 public elementary schools	2.6%	3	9.9	9.6	14.6					17.6	18.3	10.9
Pajaro Middle	Public	6-8	250 Salinas Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6238	457	15	30.4	91.0%	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	445 (97.4%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.9	2353^rd of 2480 public middle schools	5.1%		13.7	2257^th of 2508 public middle schools	10.0%	96				13.3	24.0	27.1					9.1	7.1	7.8
Lakeview Middle	Public	6-8	2350 E. Lake Ave.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6455	680	26	26.1	85.0%	31 (4.6%)	1 (0.1%)	640 (94.1%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	14.1	2206^th of 2480 public middle schools	11.0%		7.8	2432^nd of 2508 public middle schools	3.0%	226				15.3	27.6	31.1					7.4	9.1	20.1
Ohlone Elementary	Public	K-5	21 Bay Farms Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6977	542	24	23.0	57.0%	6 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	530 (97.8%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23.8	4336^th of 5662 public elementary schools	23.4%		21.3	4574^th of 5692 public elementary schools	19.6%	238	21.0	28.8	35.1					29.6	35.4	23.7
Watsonville Charter School of the Arts	Public, Charter	K-8	115 Casserly Rd. W. Campus	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	Yes	No	No	No	(831) 728-8123	331	14	23.6	58.0%	82 (24.8%)	6 (1.8%)	235 (71.0%)	6 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	31.7	3694^th of 5662 public elementary schools	34.8%		34.1	3505^th of 5692 public elementary schools	38.4%	189	28.9	42.1	41.5	39.2	59.1	50.0		42.2	36.8	24.4	15.7	22.7	4.4
Pajaro Valley High	Public	9-12	500 Harkins Slough Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-8102	1,406	50	28.3	86.0%	19 (1.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1,347 (95.8%)	33 (2.3%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	41.9	1180^th of 2017 public high schools	41.5%		38.5	1266^th of 2021 public high schools	37.4%	86							46.6							12.8
Renaissance High Continuation	Public	9-12	11 Spring Valley Rd.	La Selva Beach	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6344	165	12	13.7	32.0%	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	160 (97.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.5	1727^th of 2017 public high schools	14.4%		9.9	1851^st of 2021 public high schools	8.4%	124							9.8							0.0
Alianza Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	115 Casserly Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6333	676	28	24.1	31.0%	30 (4.4%)	5 (0.7%)	635 (93.9%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32.5	3633^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	35.8%		27	4086^th of 5692 public elementary schools	28.2%	453	43.8	27.3	40.0	35.9	35.0	27.9		47.5	36.4	22.7	14.1	28.3	23.0
Aptos High	Public	9-12	100 Mariner Way	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 728-7832	1,458	53	27.4	33.0%	773 (53.0%)	17 (1.2%)	593 (40.7%)	57 (3.9%)	6 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	8 (0.5%)	75.9	470^th of 2017 public high schools	76.7%		83.7	341^st of 2021 public high schools	83.1%	129							70.6							32.3
Hall District Elementary	Public	K-5	300 Sill Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6371	583	24	24.2	58.0%	29 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	553 (94.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.8	5272^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	6.9%		11.5	5399^th of 5692 public elementary schools	5.1%	127	20.2	15.1	36.7					14.6	10.7	19.0

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Santa Cruz County Office Of Education	0.54 mi	5	152^nd
Aromas/San Juan Unified	7.87 mi	3	576^th
Santa Cruz City High	9.08 mi	9	330^th
North Monterey County Unified	10.03 mi	8	772^nd
Soquel Union Elementary	10.12 mi	5	192^nd

Pajaro Valley Unified

District Summary

Rio del Mar Elementary

Valencia Elementary

Aptos High

Aptos Junior High

Diamond Technology Institute

Mar Vista Elementary

Watsonville High

Linscott Charter

Pajaro Valley High

Alianza Charter

Watsonville Charter School of the Arts

Bradley Elementary

Ohlone Elementary

H. A. Hyde Elementary

Freedom Elementary

Starlight Elementary

Cesar E. Chavez Middle

Ann Soldo Elementary

Lakeview Middle

Hall District Elementary

Rolling Hills Middle

Landmark Elementary

Renaissance High Continuation

Calabasas Elementary

Pajaro Middle

T. S. MacQuiddy Elementary

Mintie White Elementary

New School Community Day

Radcliff Elementary

Amesti Elementary

E. A. Hall Middle

Ceiba College Preparatory Academy

Pacific Coast Charter

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