Pajaro Valley Unified

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District Summary

294 Green Valley Rd.
Watsonville, CA 95076-1300

(831) 786-2100

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SchoolDigger Rank:
1208^th of 1525 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 19,579

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

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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 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
Mintie White Elementary	Public	K-5	515 Palm Ave.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6321	624	27	23.1	86.4%	167 (26.8%)	1 (0.2%)	451 (72.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11.4	5492^nd of 5789 public elementary schools	5.1%		9.2	5478^th of 5662 public elementary schools	3.2%	14	7.7			15.0	21.8	27.9					19.0	26.1	12.5					≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
Starlight Elementary	Public	K-5	225 Hammer Dr.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6974	632	28	22.5	90.0%	20 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	610 (96.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.4	5125^th of 5789 public elementary schools	11.5%		16.5	4963^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	12.3%	162	7.7			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	530	23	23.5	91.1%	29 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	498 (94.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8.8	5635^th of 5789 public elementary schools	2.7%		8.2	5521^st of 5662 public elementary schools	2.5%	114	10.3			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	545	22	24.7	80.2%	17 (3.1%)	3 (0.6%)	510 (93.6%)	13 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11.5	5484^th of 5789 public elementary schools	5.3%		11.8	5331^st of 5662 public elementary schools	5.8%	153	11.2			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	641	24	26.7	93.3%	26 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	610 (95.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.1	2418^th of 2715 public middle schools	10.9%		14.5	2190^th of 2480 public middle schools	11.7%	228		13.9					17.4	30.9	27.4					12.4	12.1	9.7
Rolling Hills Middle	Public	6-8	130 Herman Ave.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6341	652	19	34.3	93.9%	36 (5.5%)	2 (0.3%)	603 (92.5%)	11 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.6	2537^th of 2715 public middle schools	6.6%		12.2	2282^nd of 2480 public middle schools	8.0%	255		10.9					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	604	26	23.2	85.4%	43 (7.1%)	2 (0.3%)	547 (90.6%)	9 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	10.1	5560^th of 5789 public elementary schools	4.0%		9.4	5474^th of 5662 public elementary schools	3.3%	86	5.8			24.8	23.7	23.3					21.1	16.1	9.3					94.0	95.0	98.0	≥99.0	94.0	97.0
Watsonville High	Public	9-12	250 E. Beach St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6390	2,170	80	27.2	88.0%	96 (4.4%)	3 (0.1%)	2,044 (94.2%)	19 (0.9%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	47.5	1042^nd of 2133 public high schools	51.1%		46.1	1093^rd of 2017 public high schools	45.8%	51			20.4							47.6							17.1
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	52	5	11.4	86.5%	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.6	1887^th of 2133 public high schools	11.5%		8.9	1965^th of 2017 public high schools	2.6%	78			6.3							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	217	8	27.6	65.9%	55 (25.3%)	2 (0.9%)	148 (68.2%)	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)								(n/a)			25.8							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	75	5	15.0	89.3%	11 (14.7%)	1 (1.3%)	60 (80.0%)	3 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58.1	792^nd of 2133 public high schools	62.9%		60	800^th of 2017 public high schools	60.3%	8			27.3							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	517	23	22.4	82.8%	71 (13.7%)	1 (0.2%)	431 (83.4%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	19.9	4814^th of 5789 public elementary schools	16.8%		14.1	5164^th of 5662 public elementary schools	8.8%	350	13.5			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	278	10	27.8	52.9%	50 (18.0%)	1 (0.4%)	211 (75.9%)	9 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.2%)	40.5	3162^nd of 5789 public elementary schools	45.4%		44.9	2838^th of 5662 public elementary schools	49.9%	324	37.9	39.3		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
E. A. Hall Middle	Public	6-8	201 Brewington Ave.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6270	647	16	40.9	93.5%	16 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	624 (96.4%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7.3	2614^th of 2715 public middle schools	3.7%		7.2	2414^th of 2480 public middle schools	2.7%	200		5.4					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	635	28	22.6	84.6%	19 (3.0%)	3 (0.5%)	606 (95.4%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24.2	4434^th of 5789 public elementary schools	23.4%		18	4847^th of 5662 public elementary schools	14.4%	413	17.1			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	529	25	21.1	85.8%	38 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	487 (92.1%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.9	5511^th of 5789 public elementary schools	4.8%		18.8	4785^th of 5662 public elementary schools	15.5%	726	8.7			13.3	21.1	21.4					13.7	21.1	22.9					93.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	95.0	98.0
Aptos Junior High	Public	7-8	1001 Hntngtn Dr.	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 688-3234	681	20	34.9	46.3%	368 (54.0%)	11 (1.6%)	266 (39.1%)	22 (3.2%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	6 (0.9%)	72.1	648^th of 2715 public middle schools	76.1%		72.7	588^th of 2480 public middle schools	76.3%	60		38.6						61.4	55.1						48.8	51.2
Mar Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	6860 Soquel Dr.	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 688-5211	444	19	23.3	33.3%	248 (55.9%)	6 (1.4%)	160 (36.0%)	25 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	47.5	2733^rd of 5789 public elementary schools	52.8%		47.1	2712^th of 5662 public elementary schools	52.1%	21	27.7			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	528	23	22.9	18.4%	390 (73.9%)	2 (0.4%)	105 (19.9%)	13 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.0%)	81.7	1093^rd of 5789 public elementary schools	81.1%		87.1	791^st of 5662 public elementary schools	86.0%	302	43.2			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
Valencia Elementary	Public	K-6	250 Aptos Sch Rd.	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 728-7836	545	22	24.7	38.0%	333 (61.1%)	6 (1.1%)	171 (31.4%)	13 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.0%)	78.2	1249^th of 5789 public elementary schools	78.4%		76.4	1295^th of 5662 public elementary schools	77.1%	46	44.3			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
Lakeview Middle	Public	6-8	2350 E. Lake Ave.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6455	689	19	37.2	91.6%	15 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	661 (95.9%)	8 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	11.6	2504^th of 2715 public middle schools	7.8%		14.1	2206^th of 2480 public middle schools	11.0%	298		13.2					23.0	21.5	18.2					7.2	10.1	13.3
Pajaro Middle	Public	6-8	250 Salinas Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Monterey	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6238	502	11	45.6	96.0%	15 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	485 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.8	2557^th of 2715 public middle schools	5.8%		9.9	2353^rd of 2480 public middle schools	5.1%	204		5.3					25.5	23.0	21.2					7.4	9.6	4.1
Ohlone Elementary	Public	K-5	21 Bay Farms Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Monterey	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6977	492	23	21.3	90.0%	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	479 (97.4%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22.6	4570^th of 5789 public elementary schools	21.1%		23.8	4336^th of 5662 public elementary schools	23.4%	234	22.6			23.8	29.1	36.1					27.9	26.9	28.6					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Bradley Elementary	Public	K-6	321 Corralitos Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	No	(831) 728-6366	529	22	24.0	58.0%	217 (41.0%)	5 (0.9%)	282 (53.3%)	12 (2.3%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.5%)	36.9	3401^st of 5789 public elementary schools	41.3%		30.2	3806^th of 5662 public elementary schools	32.8%	405	26.2			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	606	26	23.3	82.0%	19 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	586 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.6	5412^th of 5789 public elementary schools	6.5%		11.5	5354^th of 5662 public elementary schools	5.4%	58	3.8			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	577	22	26.2	87.7%	26 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	542 (93.9%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	8.4	5648^th of 5789 public elementary schools	2.4%		7.8	5543^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	2.1%	105	4.8			5.3	18.4	11.5					13.0	23.0	16.4					≥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	1,432	59	24.4	41.3%	750 (52.4%)	15 (1.0%)	584 (40.8%)	61 (4.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	17 (1.2%)	70.2	529^th of 2133 public high schools	75.2%		75.9	470^th of 2017 public high schools	76.7%	59			20.8							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	556	24	23.1	86.9%	15 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	541 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.8	5395^th of 5789 public elementary schools	6.8%		12.8	5272^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	6.9%	123	15.2			20.9	25.3	30.4					25.0	14.5	11.4					98.0	98.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	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	381	14	27.2	69.0%	83 (21.8%)	10 (2.6%)	280 (73.5%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	26.9	4205^th of 5789 public elementary schools	27.4%		31.7	3694^th of 5662 public elementary schools	34.8%	511	26.5	40.7		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
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	163	14	11.6	90.2%	4 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	158 (96.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.2	2092^nd of 2133 public high schools	1.9%		11.5	1727^th of 2017 public high schools	14.4%	365			0.0							0.0							0.0
Pajaro Valley High	Public	9-12	500 Harkins Slough Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-8102	1,436	50	28.6	91.3%	34 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1,363 (94.9%)	31 (2.2%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	37.9	1267^th of 2133 public high schools	40.6%		41.9	1180^th of 2017 public high schools	41.5%	87			17.9							37.8							13.4
Alianza Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	115 Casserly Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(831) 728-6333	670	26	25.7	73.3%	32 (4.8%)	4 (0.6%)	629 (93.9%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	40.6	3155^th of 5789 public elementary schools	45.5%		32.5	3633^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	35.8%	478	27.6	19.0		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

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	734^th
Watsonville Prep District	2.06 mi	1
Ceiba College Preparatory Academy District	2.89 mi	1	625^th
Aromas - San Juan Unified	7.87 mi	3	1079^th

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