Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
$630 left/mo
3 bd $4,115/mo in Santa Cruz. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule.
Public-school students
37,712
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
21.1
1,785 teachers
Districts / schools
18 / 84
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$630
NCES counts 84 public schools here. 85 are filed under a level. 1 is not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
12 largest districts in Santa Cruz.
- Pajaro Valley Unified
Watsonville
- Students
- 16,588
- Schools
- 34
- Pupil–teacher
- 21.3
- Santa Cruz City High
Santa Cruz
- Students
- 4,467
- Schools
- 9
- Pupil–teacher
- 20
- Ocean Grove Charter District
Boulder Creek
- Students
- 3,378
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 23.5
- San Lorenzo Valley Unified
Ben Lomond
- Students
- 2,238
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 21.5
- Scotts Valley Unified
Scotts Valley
- Students
- 2,126
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 21.4
- Santa Cruz City Elementary
Santa Cruz
- Students
- 1,758
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 21.3
- Live Oak Elementary
Santa Cruz
- Students
- 1,669
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 20.9
- Soquel Union Elementary
Capitola
- Students
- 1,520
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 22.2
- Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Santa Cruz
- Students
- 1,063
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.7
- Pacific Collegiate Charter District
Santa Cruz
- Students
- 536
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 17.6
- Ceiba College Preparatory Academy District
Watsonville
- Students
- 501
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.3
- Watsonville Prep District
Watsonville
- Students
- 488
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 23.6
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
42
Elementary grades
Middle
13
Middle or junior high
High
20
Secondary grades
Other
10
K–12, ungraded, alternative
85 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Santa Cruz metro sits
Roughly the core of the Santa Cruz, CA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. −$2,696 left/mo. Childcare $1,245. Santa Cruz paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Santa Cruz
Take-home by job in Santa Cruz
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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