Santa Cruz County Special Education
Santa Cruz · CA · Santa Cruz County Office of Education · Public · K-12 combined
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- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Santa Cruz County Special Education compares for families
What families should know about Santa Cruz County Special Education.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Ark Independent Studies, Costanoa Continuation High, Santa Cruz County ROP and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 105 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ark Independent Studies Santa Cruz |
Public | 1.5 | 56 | -28.2% |
| Costanoa Continuation High Santa Cruz |
Public | 1.5 | 77 | -6.1% |
| Santa Cruz County ROP Santa Cruz |
Public | 0.1 | — | — |
| SLVUSD Charter Ben Lomond |
Public · charter | 7.0 | 108 | +28.6% |
| Delta Charter Aptos |
Public · charter | 6.3 | 113 | +8.7% |
| New School Community Day Watsonville |
Public | 15.3 | 42 | — |
| Santa Cruz County Court Santa Cruz |
Public | 0.0 | 20 | — |
| Pacific Coast Charter Watsonville |
Public · charter | 15.3 | 87 | -17.9% |