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% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantSanta Cruz County Special Education is a public high school in Santa Cruz, CA, enrolling 105 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many students attend Santa Cruz County Special Education? Santa Cruz County Special Education is a public high school in Santa Cruz, CA, enrolling 105 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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