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School									Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
Merit Academy	0.0mi	Private, Nonsectarian	9-12	2392 N Rodeo Gulch Rd	Santa Cruz	95063	Santa Cruz County	(831) 462-5655	24	1	24.0		2 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (8.3%)	20 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Tara Redwood School	1.5mi	Private, Nonsectarian	PK, KG-5	5810 Prescott Rd	Soquel	95073	Santa Cruz County	(831) 462-9632	95	7	10.0		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Good Shepherd Catholic School	2.4mi	Private, Roman Catholic	PK, KG-8	2727 Mattison Ln	Santa Cruz	95065	Santa Cruz County	(831) 476-4000	199	23	7.0		127 (63.8%)	4 (2.0%)	23 (11.6%)	8 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)
Santa Cruz Montessori School	2.6mi	Private, Nonsectarian	PK, KG-9	6230 Soquel Dr	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz County	(831) 476-1646
Midtown Montessori	2.8mi	Private, Nonsectarian	PK-K	987 Bostwick Ln	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	(831) 423-2273	25	4	1.3		4 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Twin Lakes Christian School	2.9mi	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	K-8	2701 Cabrillo College Dr	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz County	(831) 465-3301	391	21	18.7		348 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.2%)
Vhm Christian School	3.2mi	Private, Seventh-Day Adventist	K-8	427 Capitola Rd Ext	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	(831) 475-4762	44	5	8.8		17 (38.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (43.2%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (15.9%)
The Bay School	3.3mi	Private, Nonsectarian		1026 Capitola Rd	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	(831) 462-9620	33	5	6.6		17 (51.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (30.3%)	6 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Montessori Community School	3.6mi	Private, Nonsectarian	PK-K	123 S Navarra Dr	Scotts Valley	95066	Santa Cruz County	(831) 439-9625	90	3	6.0		2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)
Santa Cruz Childrens School	3.7mi	Private, Nonsectarian	K-6	366 Gault St	Santa Cruz	95062	Santa Cruz County	(831) 429-8444	46	5	10.2		28 (60.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (10.9%)	4 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (19.6%)

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