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The largest public high schools in Santa Cruz County, California

19 public high schools in Santa Cruz County, California appear in this ranking of the largest public high schools, ranked by total student enrollment, excluding online and virtual schools. Watsonville High leads the list at 2,215, against a median of 536 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Santa Cruz County, California

Top Students

2,215

Median Students

536

LARGEST · SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Watsonville High	Watsonville, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	High	2,215
2	Pajaro Valley High	Watsonville, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	High	1,293
3	Aptos High	Aptos, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	High	1,274
4	Santa Cruz High	Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz City High	High	1,093
5	Soquel High	Soquel, CA	Santa Cruz City High	High	1,074
6	Harbor High	Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz City High	High	1,013
7	Santa Cruz County Community	Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	High	730
8	Scotts Valley High	Scotts Valley, CA	Scotts Valley Unified	High	611
9	San Lorenzo Valley High	Felton, CA	San Lorenzo Valley Unified	High	578
10	Pacific Collegiate Charter	Santa Cruz, CA	Pacific Collegiate Charter District	High	536
11	Ceiba College Preparatory Academy	Watsonville, CA	Ceiba College Preparatory Academy District	High	501
12	Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter	Freedom, CA	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	High	207
13	Delta Charter	Aptos, CA	Santa Cruz City High	High	113
14	Renaissance High Continuation	La Selva Beach, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	High	112
15	Diamond Technology Institute	Watsonville, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	High	87
16	Costanoa Continuation High	Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz City High	High	77
17	Ark Independent Studies	Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz City High	High	56
18	New School Community Day	Watsonville, CA	Pajaro Valley Unified	High	42
19	Santa Cruz County Court	Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	High	20

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