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Radcliff Elementary

Public Grades K-5

5812^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of California elementary schools

Summary

Radcliff Elementary is a public elementary school in Watsonville, California, serving 417 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, which has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Radcliff Elementary faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 5-10% of California elementary schools in statewide assessments. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly lower than the district and state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 9.9% of Radcliff students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 26.26% in the district and 48.81% statewide. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20.4% to 33.2% in recent years, which is much higher than the state average.

Interestingly, the nearby Watsonville Prep charter school, which is located very close to Radcliff Elementary, outperforms the district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. This suggests that alternative educational models may be better suited to serve the needs of the local community. Despite the relatively high per-student spending at Radcliff Elementary, the school's academic struggles persist, highlighting the need for more targeted interventions and resources to support student learning and achievement.

409

Students ?

20.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

97.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

550 Rodriguez St.
Watsonville, CA 95076-4210

(831) 728-6469

District: Pajaro Valley Unified

Students who attend Radcliff Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Rolling Hills Middle
High:	Watsonville High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.0%

White:

2.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2013 → 1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (7% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 39 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school7%

District avg21%

California avg41%

5,812^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 6 pts since 2015

From bottom 7% (2015) to bottom 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

18^th of 19Elementary Schools in the Pajaro Valley Unified

1253^rd of 1,543Pajaro Valley Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	5.8	5812 of 5857	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.7	5788 of 5869	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.3	5808 of 5859	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.9	5819 of 5883	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.8	5635 of 5789	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.2	5521 of 5662	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	13.1	5261 of 5692	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	9.6	5462 of 5614	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	13.8	5222 of 5611	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	9.2	5332 of 5530	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	7.6	5278 of 5390	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	15.8	4914 of 5377	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	11.6	5077 of 5314	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	10.7	4971 of 5193	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	3.7	5098 of 5113	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	6.3	5064 of 5113	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	23.5	2152 of 2585	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	1976 of 2128	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	24.5	2872 of 3162	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	25.2	2861 of 3245	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.0	2602 of 3311	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.7	2291 of 3275	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.0	2459 of 3246	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	6.3	5568 of 5597	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.0	5549 of 5612	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.0	5559 of 5609	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.6	5608 of 5635	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.0	5194 of 5492	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.2	5268 of 5413	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.5	5063 of 5107	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.7	5001 of 5107	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.7	5043 of 5087	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.7	5017 of 5084	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.7	4758 of 4963	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.9	4699 of 4830	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.7	245 of 364	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.6	260 of 335	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	345 of 356	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.2	5411 of 5460	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	5411 of 5517	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.2	5316 of 5363	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.9	5184 of 5264	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.1	4979 of 5173	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	4945 of 5084	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	6.3	5584 of 5628	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.5	5566 of 5643	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.7	5593 of 5638	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.6	5568 of 5663	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.7	5456 of 5510	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	5310 of 5431	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	17.9	2501 of 2635	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2024)33rd percentile+31 vs school

Disabled (2019)17th percentile+14 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)9th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2024)5th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school

Male (2025)1st percentile~ school

Female (2025)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy10%-39 vs state

Mathematics7%-31 vs state

Science2%-31 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 All Grades	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 All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Radcliff Elementary	Public	K-5	550 Rodriguez St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6469	409	20	20.3	97.1%	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	401 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5.8	5812^th of 5857 public elementary schools	0.8%		7.7	5788^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.4%	24	1.7		1.7	9.5	4.8	16.1				9.9	5.3	1.6	13.6				6.6
Watsonville Prep	Public, Charter	K-8	407 Main St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Watsonville Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 217-4883	488	21	23.6	77.0%	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	470 (96.3%)	9 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	36.4	3451^st of 5857 public elementary schools	41.1%		54.6	2313^th of 5869 public elementary schools	60.6%	1138	21.7		21.7	31.6	40.7	36.7	42.0	56.9		41.6	36.8	31.5	30.0	34.0	29.3		32.3	$17,474	$1,377	$16,097
Linscott Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	220 Elm St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6301	258	9	28.7	65.9%	28 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	217 (84.1%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.5%)	49.4	2627^th of 5857 public elementary schools	55.1%		45.6	2826^th of 5869 public elementary schools	51.8%	199	31.0	10.0	20.3	37.0	46.4	50.0	67.9	73.3	50.0	54.3	29.6	17.9	31.0	53.6	40.0	30.0	33.7
Mintie White Elementary	Public	K-5	515 Palm Ave.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6321	493	22	22.3	94.1%	23 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	459 (93.1%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	7	5778^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.3%		9.5	5702^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	2.8%	76	6.1		6.1	17.1	7.6	7.7				11.0	18.6	6.5	4.6				10.3
Landmark Elementary	Public	K-5	235 Ohlone Pkwy.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 761-7940	419	23	18.3	91.2%	19 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	379 (90.5%)	17 (4.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9	5686^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.9%		8.9	5733^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	2.3%	47	12.1		12.1	8.1	8.5	24.1				13.8	14.0	1.4	13.3				10.0
Starlight Elementary	Public	K-5	225 Hammer Dr.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6974	383	18	21.3	91.6%	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	374 (97.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18.3	4982^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	14.9%		16.6	5157^th of 5869 public elementary schools	12.1%	175	8.6		8.6	17.2	31.6	19.3				22.7	33.3	27.6	14.3				25.2
H. A. Hyde Elementary	Public	K-5	125 Alta Vista St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6243	476	23	21.0	91.6%	12 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	458 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	9.7	5647^th of 5857 public elementary schools	3.6%		15.6	5246^th of 5869 public elementary schools	10.6%	401	9.7		9.7	10.6	10.4	22.2				14.4	22.4	11.7	9.7				14.4
T. S. MacQuiddy Elementary	Public	K-5	330 Martinelli St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6315	438	20	22.0	92.9%	27 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	400 (91.3%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5.3	5832^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	0.4%		6	5841^st of 5869 public elementary schools	0.5%	9	5.0		5.0	8.9	2.4	15.2				8.7	11.5	2.4	3.9				5.9
Ann Soldo Elementary	Public	K-5	1140 Menasco Dr.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 786-1310	377	19	19.4	92.8%	11 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	355 (94.2%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	9.5	5659^th of 5857 public elementary schools	3.4%		14.8	5326^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.3%	333	13.0		13.0	16.1	15.5	18.2				16.6	16.1	12.3	5.5				11.3
Freedom Elementary	Public	K-5	25 Holly Dr.	Freedom	95019	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6260	479	20	24.5	91.4%	19 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	456 (95.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.3	5669^th of 5857 public elementary schools	3.2%		12.4	5524^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.9%	145	6.2		6.2	10.6	19.2	10.2				13.0	21.4	19.2	6.3				15.1

Frequently Asked Questions about Radcliff Elementary

How many students attend Radcliff Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 409 students attended Radcliff Elementary.

What district is Radcliff Elementary in?

Pajaro Valley Unified

Is Radcliff Elementary a good school?

Radcliff Elementary ranks in the bottom 0.8% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Radcliff Elementary?

Students at Radcliff Elementary are 98% Hispanic, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Radcliff Elementary attend?

Students who attend Radcliff Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Rolling Hills Middle
High : Watsonville High

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