Santa Cruz County Court
Santa Cruz · CA · Santa Cruz County Office of Education · Public · K-12 combined
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Santa Cruz County ROP → Santa Cruz County Special Education → Ark Independent Studies → Costanoa Continuation High → New School Community Day → Silicon Valley Career Technical Education → SLVUSD Charter → Delta Charter →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 30% in 2019 (Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Santa Cruz County Court compares for families
What families should know about Santa Cruz County Court.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Santa Cruz County ROP, Santa Cruz County Special Education, Ark Independent Studies 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.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz County ROP Santa Cruz |
Public | 0.1 | — | — |
| Santa Cruz County Special Education Santa Cruz |
Public | 0.0 | 56 | +1.8% |
| Ark Independent Studies Santa Cruz |
Public | 1.5 | 56 | -28.2% |
| Costanoa Continuation High Santa Cruz |
Public | 1.5 | 77 | -6.1% |
| New School Community Day Watsonville |
Public | 15.3 | 42 | — |
| Silicon Valley Career Technical Education San Jose |
Public | 22.2 | — | — |
| SLVUSD Charter Ben Lomond |
Public · charter | 7.0 | 108 | +28.6% |
| Delta Charter Aptos |
Public · charter | 6.3 | 113 | +8.7% |
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