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The most racially diverse public elementary schools in Santa Cruz County, California

Across Santa Cruz County, California, 33 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Soquel Elementary leads the list at 61.2%, against a median of 50.4% 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
33
Santa Cruz County, California
Top Diversity index
61.2%
Median Diversity index
50.4%
MOST DIVERSE · SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
#SchoolCityStudentsDiversity index% White% Black% Hispanic% Asian
1Soquel ElementarySoquel, CA33761.2%39.2%(132)1.8%(6)47.5%(160)4.2%(14)
2De Laveaga ElementarySanta Cruz, CA48160.9%46.0%(221)1.3%(6)41.6%(200)4.0%(19)
3Mar Vista ElementaryAptos, CA27059.8%50.4%(136)0.4%(1)37.8%(102)3.3%(9)
4Green Acres ElementarySanta Cruz, CA26259.6%39.7%(104)2.7%(7)48.9%(128)3.8%(10)
5Loma Prieta ElementaryLos Gatos, CA25958.0%58.7%(152)0.0%(0)23.6%(61)4.3%(11)
6Bay View ElementarySanta Cruz, CA39457.3%41.1%(162)0.3%(1)50.3%(198)1.0%(4)
7Santa Cruz Gardens ElementarySanta Cruz, CA21456.9%52.8%(113)0.0%(0)38.3%(82)0.9%(2)
8Westlake ElementarySanta Cruz, CA45356.4%61.1%(277)1.1%(5)22.3%(101)5.3%(24)
9Vine Hill ElementaryScotts Valley, CA54956.4%61.8%(339)0.0%(0)18.0%(99)6.9%(38)
10Main Street ElementarySoquel, CA38354.5%61.1%(234)0.8%(3)27.4%(105)2.1%(8)
11Del Mar ElementarySanta Cruz, CA32253.9%33.9%(109)2.2%(7)58.7%(189)2.2%(7)
12Rio del Mar ElementaryAptos, CA39353.7%63.4%(249)0.5%(2)22.4%(88)3.3%(13)
13Bradley ElementaryWatsonville, CA52053.5%37.1%(193)0.2%(1)56.9%(296)1.0%(5)
14Gault ElementarySanta Cruz, CA31452.2%31.9%(100)0.6%(2)61.1%(192)1.3%(4)
15Valencia ElementaryAptos, CA48751.6%62.2%(303)0.0%(0)30.4%(148)0.6%(3)
16Brook Knoll ElementarySanta Cruz, CA49851.1%66.7%(332)0.6%(3)15.1%(75)6.2%(31)
17Boulder Creek ElementaryBoulder Creek, CA41650.4%65.9%(274)0.0%(0)22.1%(92)0.7%(3)
18San Lorenzo Valley ElementaryFelton, CA53745.6%70.6%(379)0.0%(0)18.1%(97)0.7%(4)
19Live Oak ElementarySanta Cruz, CA36245.3%24.9%(90)1.4%(5)69.6%(252)1.9%(7)
20Watsonville Charter School of the ArtsWatsonville, CA41542.8%23.6%(98)0.2%(1)71.6%(297)0.2%(1)
21Linscott CharterWatsonville, CA25827.9%10.8%(28)0.0%(0)84.1%(217)1.2%(3)
22Landmark ElementaryWatsonville, CA41917.8%4.5%(19)0.2%(1)90.5%(379)4.1%(17)
23T. S. MacQuiddy ElementaryWatsonville, CA43816.2%6.2%(27)0.2%(1)91.3%(400)2.0%(9)
24Mintie White ElementaryWatsonville, CA49313.1%4.7%(23)0.2%(1)93.1%(459)1.0%(5)
25Ann Soldo ElementaryWatsonville, CA37711.2%2.9%(11)0.3%(1)94.2%(355)1.9%(7)
26Calabasas ElementaryWatsonville, CA51211.2%4.5%(23)0.0%(0)94.1%(482)0.0%(0)
27Amesti ElementaryWatsonville, CA4319.8%3.7%(16)0.0%(0)94.9%(409)0.9%(4)
28Freedom ElementaryFreedom, CA4799.2%4.0%(19)0.2%(1)95.2%(456)0.2%(1)
29H. A. Hyde ElementaryWatsonville, CA4767.3%2.5%(12)0.4%(2)96.2%(458)0.0%(0)
30Watsonville PrepWatsonville, CA4887.2%1.0%(5)0.0%(0)96.3%(470)1.8%(9)
31Alianza CharterWatsonville, CA6265.3%2.2%(14)0.0%(0)97.3%(609)0.2%(1)
32Starlight ElementaryWatsonville, CA3834.6%1.6%(6)0.0%(0)97.7%(374)0.8%(3)
33Radcliff ElementaryWatsonville, CA4093.8%2.0%(8)0.0%(0)98.0%(401)0.0%(0)
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