Impact of COVID-19 on Santa Cruz High
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 176th of 2133 High schools | Ranks 307th of 2335 High schools | 4.9% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Santa Cruz High) | 71.3 | 61.5 | 9.8% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Santa Cruz City High) | 65.6 | 62.6 | 3% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 57.3 | 55.4 | 1.9% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Santa Cruz High) | 63.5 | 46 | 17.5% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Santa Cruz City High) | 46.4 | 32.8 | 13.6% |
11th Grade Mathematics (California) | 32.2 | 27.4 | 4.9% |
12th Grade Science (Santa Cruz High) | 39.2 | 43.6 | 4.4% |
12th Grade Science (Santa Cruz City High) | 34.2 | 33.8 | 0.4% |
12th Grade Science (California) | 25.6 | 26.9 | 1.3% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Pandemic (2020-2021) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 1142 | 1088 | 4.7% |
African American | 26 | 33 | 26.9% |
American Indian | 5 | 3 | 40% |
Asian | 49 | 56 | 14.3% |
Hispanic | 326 | 340 | 4.3% |
Pacific Islander | 3 | 4 | 33.3% |
White | 646 | 604 | 6.5% |
Two or More Races | 87 | 47 | 46% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 31.7% | 32.3% | 0.6% |