Santa Cruz County Special Education
Santa Cruz · CA · Santa Cruz County Office of Education · Public · K-12 combined
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Ark Independent Studies → Costanoa Continuation High → Santa Cruz County ROP → SLVUSD Charter → Delta Charter → New School Community Day → Santa Cruz County Court → Pacific Coast Charter →For Parents
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👩🏫 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% |