{"a_g_completion_pct":45.2,"at_a_glance":["Pajaro Valley High School is a public high school in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California with 331 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 11 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 36 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 331, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 20% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 150 UC applications and received 36 offers, a UC admit rate of 24.0% (counted at each campus).","45% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","73% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","Of its graduates who enrolled at a UC, 60% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2018).","It has about 254 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 1,270 students in 2026, down 10% since 2018.","Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named."],"caveats":["UC admits and applications are counted at each campus: a student admitted to three UCs counts three times. The UC Reach Score is those admits divided by the senior class, times 100, so a strong school scores above 100.","A published college list is the school's own document, copied as printed; counts are the school's, never ours, and an unnumbered list carries no counts.","Enrollment is NCES CCD for national pages and CDE for California pages; graduation and readiness measures are the state's or EDFacts' own definitions, named in each sentence.","Every figure here is also rendered on the HTML page it describes."],"city":"Watsonville","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":72.6,"county":"Santa Cruz","enrollment":{"since_total":1406,"since_year":2018,"total":1270,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Pajaro Valley High School's UC Reach Score is 11 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 36 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 331, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 20% of California high schools.","q":"What is Pajaro Valley High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 150 UC applications and received 36 offers, a UC admit rate of 24.0% (counted at each campus).","q":"How many students from Pajaro Valley High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"45% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of Pajaro Valley High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"73% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of Pajaro Valley High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 1,270 students in 2026, down 10% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend Pajaro Valley High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Pajaro Valley High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"pajaro-valley-hs","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":254,"uc":{"admit_rate":"24.0%","admits":36,"applications":150,"ca_percentile":20,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":null,"seniors":331,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Below the CA median","uc_reach_score":11,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":60.0,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/pajaro-valley-hs"}