Santa Cruz High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz High in Santa Cruz, California enrolled 1,093 students in 2024-25 with 45.9 full-time teachers, 23.8 students per teacher against the California high-school median of 19.3. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 46% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 96% (California: 86.2%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 11%
1,092 students in 2022-23, 1,104 students in 2023-24, 1,093 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 51.7 to 45.9.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,092 | 51.7 | 21.1 |
| 2023-24 | 1,104 | 50.9 | 21.7 |
| 2024-25 | 1,093 | 45.9 | 23.8 |
23.8 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 84 of every 100 California high schools
Among the 2,071 California high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 19.3; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
18 AP courses and one counselor per 377 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Santa Cruz High enrolled 1,131 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 10 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses18
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 377 of the 1,131 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions10
- Chronically absent23.5% (2022-23)
Who attends
58.1% of students were White, 29.0% Hispanic, 8.7% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White58.1%
- Hispanic29.0%
- Two or more races8.7%
- Asian2.5%
- Black1.6%
- Pacific Islander0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Santa Cruz High scored proficient or above: 46% in math, against 34.3% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 46% | 37‑38% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
96% of the 234 students in Santa Cruz High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | California | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 96% | 93% | 86.2% |
| Students in the class | 234 | 802 | 495,492 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Santa Cruz
7 public high schools in Santa Cruz report 2024-25 enrollment; Santa Cruz High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz High | 1,093 | 23.8 | 21.5% |
| Harbor High | 1,013 | 18.5 | 35.9% |
| Santa Cruz County Community | 730 | 22.6 | 58.1% |
| Pacific Collegiate Charter | 536 | 17.6 | 8.8% |
| Costanoa Continuation High | 77 | 22.8 | 57.1% |
| Ark Independent Studies | 56 | 27.2 | 41.1% |
| Santa Cruz County Court | 20 | 10.0 | 85.0% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Santa Cruz High
- Santa Cruz County CourtThe nearest public high school, 1.2 miles away: 20 students, 10.0 per teacher (2024-25).1.2 mi
- Santa Cruz County CommunityThe next nearest public high school, 1.2 miles away: 730 students, 22.6 per teacher (2024-25).1.2 mi
- Compare Santa Cruz High with Santa Cruz County CourtStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Santa Cruz City Schools spends per studentIts schools, enrollment and finance figures.
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaSanta Cruz High is the number 730 by size of 2,112 California high schools open in 2024-25.#730 of 2,112
- California schools by students per teacher23.8 students per teacher here against the California median of 19.3 for high schools.23.8:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Santa Cruz High
How many students attend Santa Cruz High?
1,093 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,092 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Santa Cruz, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Santa Cruz High?
23.8 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for high schools is 19.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Santa Cruz High a Title I school?
Santa Cruz High has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at Santa Cruz High do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Santa Cruz High scored proficient or above: 46% in math, against 34.3% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Santa Cruz High?
96% of the 234 students in Santa Cruz High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Santa Cruz High in?
Santa Cruz City Schools, NCES district ID 0635600. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 063560006067 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.