Best Public Schools in Zip Code 95066

Zip code 95066 includes three schools in Scotts Valley Unified, serving 1,623 students from kindergarten through grade 12: Vine Hill Elementary (K–5), Scotts Valley Middle (6–8), and Scotts Valley High (9–12). All three schools’ 2025–26 all-grades proficiency rates were above California’s in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. Across the schools, average results exceeded state rates by 19 points in ELA, 20 in math, and 21 in science. The clearest area-wide takeaway is that all three schools are performing well above state proficiency rates, though results vary by school and subject.

Vine Hill Elementary is the strongest all-subject performer: 71% were proficient in ELA, 64% in math, and 61% in science, leading the average of the other two schools by 4, 9, and 6 percentage points, respectively. Scotts Valley High had the lowest math and science results, at 52% in each—9 points below the other-school average in math and 7 points below it in science. Its ELA result, 68%, was between the other schools. Scotts Valley Middle had 58% proficiency in science, close to the district’s 58%; its ELA and math results were below district figures. School-to-school differences were widest in math, with a 12-point gap between the highest and lowest results, and narrowest in ELA, at 5 points.

Recent changes are mixed: no school improved in all three subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26. Vine Hill gained 3 points in ELA and 7 in science but fell 5 in math; the middle school gained 5 in math and 1 in science while ELA fell 3. The high school gained 2 in math and declined by about 1 point in each of ELA and science. SchoolDigger gives each school 4 stars; its district ranking is 79th of 968, at the 92nd percentile, with 5 stars. The high school’s SchoolDigger percentile has declined from 92nd to 86th over three years, while the elementary and middle school rankings have been steadier. Reported student-teacher ratios are 24.9 at Vine Hill, 19.6 at the middle school, and 19.3 at the high school. Each school’s free/reduced lunch eligible share was about 11% in 2024–25.