Pajaro Valley Unified

District Summary

294 Green Valley Rd.
Watsonville, CA 95076-1300

(831) 786-2100

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SchoolDigger Rank:
1237^th of 1512 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 20,279

Primary Schools: 19
Middle Schools: 6
High Schools: 6
Alternative Schools: 2

This graph shows how well Pajaro Valley Unified is performing compared to other districts in California. 100% is the best performing district in the state, 0% is the worst.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				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	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
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%)	6.7	2549^th of 2623 public middle schools	2.8%		7.2	2414^th of 2480 public middle schools	2.7%	135				12.3	15.9	19.0					6.4	7.6	5.1
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%)	24.3	4424^th of 5772 public elementary schools	23.4%		18	4847^th of 5662 public elementary schools	14.4%	423	37.6	38.8	32.7					36.5	27.4	17.1					≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
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%)	10.7	5489^th of 5772 public elementary schools	4.9%		18.8	4785^th of 5662 public elementary schools	15.5%	704	13.3	21.1	21.4					13.7	21.1	22.9					93.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	95.0	98.0
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%)	11.4	5449^th of 5772 public elementary schools	5.6%		9.2	5478^th of 5662 public elementary schools	3.2%	29	15.0	21.8	27.9					19.0	26.1	12.5					≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
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%)	9.7	2480^th of 2623 public middle schools	5.5%		12.2	2282^nd of 2480 public middle schools	8.0%	198				13.3	22.3	23.0					8.1	10.4	12.4
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%)	10.1	5519^th of 5772 public elementary schools	4.4%		9.4	5474^th of 5662 public elementary schools	3.3%	45	24.8	23.7	23.3					21.1	16.1	9.3					94.0	95.0	98.0	≥99.0	94.0	97.0
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%)	8.4	2113^th of 2125 public high schools	0.6%		8.9	1965^th of 2017 public high schools	2.6%	148							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)							27.8							13.5
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%)	54.8	962^nd of 2125 public high schools	54.7%		60	800^th of 2017 public high schools	60.3%	162							61.1							16.7
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%)	20.1	4770^th of 5772 public elementary schools	17.4%		14.1	5164^th of 5662 public elementary schools	8.8%	394	23.3	38.8	29.2					25.7	35.8	15.5					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	34.6	3591^st of 5772 public elementary schools	37.8%		44.9	2838^th of 5662 public elementary schools	49.9%	753	40.7	33.3	46.7	53.3	42.4	44.8		31.8	10.0	23.3	40.0	44.9	46.4		≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
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%)	45	1160^th of 2125 public high schools	45.4%		46.1	1093^rd of 2017 public high schools	45.8%	67							47.6							17.1
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%)	17.3	5014^th of 5772 public elementary schools	13.1%		16.5	4963^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	12.3%	51	29.0	18.4	17.1					42.6	27.8	17.1					≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
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%)	7.9	5627^th of 5772 public elementary schools	2.5%		8.2	5521^st of 5662 public elementary schools	2.5%	106	4.4	22.1	25.3					5.4	16.1	14.9					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	10.8	5479^th of 5772 public elementary schools	5.1%		11.8	5331^st of 5662 public elementary schools	5.8%	148	18.1	22.9	24.4					16.9	26.5	11.2					≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
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%)	12.8	2401^st of 2623 public middle schools	8.5%		14.5	2190^th of 2480 public middle schools	11.7%	211				17.4	30.9	27.4					12.4	12.1	9.7
Valencia Elementary	Public	K-6	250 Aptos Sch Rd.	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 728-7836	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%)	78.5	1241^st of 5772 public elementary schools	78.5%		76.4	1295^th of 5662 public elementary schools	77.1%	54	67.6	64.9	70.0	56.3				64.4	58.1	55.7	52.9				≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	48.1	2748^th of 5772 public elementary schools	52.4%		47.1	2712^th of 5662 public elementary schools	52.1%	36	40.0	51.0	37.7	53.1				33.3	63.3	21.0	55.7				≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	82.9	1036^th of 5772 public elementary schools	82.1%		87.1	791^st of 5662 public elementary schools	86.0%	245	71.4	75.4	60.0	70.4				73.2	73.9	45.3	66.7				96.0	96.0	96.0	96.0	96.0	96.0
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%)	72.2	649^th of 2623 public middle schools	75.3%		72.7	588^th of 2480 public middle schools	76.3%	61					61.4	55.1						48.8	51.2
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%)	36.5	3438^th of 5772 public elementary schools	40.4%		30.2	3806^th of 5662 public elementary schools	32.8%	368	42.0	29.1	36.9	44.1				47.5	30.2	35.9	35.7				97.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	13.2	5325^th of 5772 public elementary schools	7.7%		11.5	5354^th of 5662 public elementary schools	5.4%	29	13.1	16.7	19.0	43.9				20.2	15.6	13.9	26.3				≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
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%)	8.4	5611^th of 5772 public elementary schools	2.8%		7.8	5543^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	2.1%	68	5.3	18.4	11.5					13.0	23.0	16.4					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Pajaro Middle	Public	6-8	250 Salinas Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Monterey	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%)	9.7	2478^th of 2623 public middle schools	5.5%		9.9	2353^rd of 2480 public middle schools	5.1%	125				25.5	23.0	21.2					7.4	9.6	4.1
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%)	10.1	2466^th of 2623 public middle schools	6.0%		14.1	2206^th of 2480 public middle schools	11.0%	260				23.0	21.5	18.2					7.2	10.1	13.3
Ohlone Elementary	Public	K-5	21 Bay Farms Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Monterey	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%)	20.8	4704^th of 5772 public elementary schools	18.5%		23.8	4336^th of 5662 public elementary schools	23.4%	368	23.8	29.1	36.1					27.9	26.9	28.6					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	24.3	4418^th of 5772 public elementary schools	23.5%		31.7	3694^th of 5662 public elementary schools	34.8%	724	20.0	31.7	44.1	30.0	46.9	51.9		28.9	31.7	32.4	26.0	18.4	14.8		≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
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%)	34.2	1376^th of 2125 public high schools	35.2%		41.9	1180^th of 2017 public high schools	41.5%	196							37.8							13.4
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%)	8.6	2078^th of 2125 public high schools	2.2%		11.5	1727^th of 2017 public high schools	14.4%	351							0.0							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%)	40.1	3199^th of 5772 public elementary schools	44.6%		32.5	3633^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	35.8%	434	44.6	38.2	44.7	35.4	31.7	34.5		55.4	35.5	42.1	15.6	23.7	29.3		≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	78.1	467^th of 2125 public high schools	78.0%		75.9	470^th of 2017 public high schools	76.7%	3							66.6							39.3
Hall District Elementary	Public	K-5	300 Sill Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Monterey	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%)	11.6	5436^th of 5772 public elementary schools	5.8%		12.8	5272^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	6.9%	164	20.9	25.3	30.4					25.0	14.5	11.4					98.0	98.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	98.0	98.0

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter District	0.54 mi	1
Santa Cruz County Office of Education	0.54 mi	5	601^st
Ceiba College Preparatory Academy District	2.88 mi	1	495^th
Aromas - San Juan Unified	7.87 mi	3	1079^th
Santa Cruz City High	9.08 mi	9	539^th

Pajaro Valley Unified

District Summary

Rio del Mar Elementary

Valencia Elementary

Aptos High

Aptos Junior High

Diamond Technology Institute

Mar Vista Elementary

Watsonville High

Alianza Charter

Bradley Elementary

Linscott Charter

Pajaro Valley High

Watsonville Charter School of the Arts

Freedom Elementary

Ohlone Elementary

Ann Soldo Elementary

Starlight Elementary

Calabasas Elementary

Cesar E. Chavez Middle

Hall District Elementary

Mintie White Elementary

Landmark Elementary

H. A. Hyde Elementary

T. S. MacQuiddy Elementary

Lakeview Middle

Pajaro Middle

Rolling Hills Middle

Renaissance High Continuation

Amesti Elementary

New School Community Day

Radcliff Elementary

E. A. Hall Middle

Pacific Coast Charter

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