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

12 public high schools in Santa Cruz County, California appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public high schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Soquel High leads the list at 60.7%, against a median of 51.5% 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 Diversity index

60.7%

Median Diversity index

51.5%

MOST DIVERSE · SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Soquel High	Soquel, CA	1,074	60.7%	47.5%(510)	0.7%(7)	39.5%(424)	1.6%(17)
2	Santa Cruz High	Santa Cruz, CA	1,093	57.0%	58.0%(634)	1.6%(18)	29.0%(317)	2.5%(27)
3	Harbor High	Santa Cruz, CA	1,013	56.6%	34.5%(350)	0.6%(6)	55.7%(564)	2.7%(27)
4	Pacific Collegiate Charter	Santa Cruz, CA	536	56.6%	61.8%(331)	0.4%(2)	16.0%(86)	6.9%(37)
5	Aptos High	Aptos, CA	1,274	55.4%	40.1%(511)	0.3%(4)	53.1%(676)	2.0%(26)
6	Santa Cruz County Community	Santa Cruz, CA	730	52.5%	35.1%(256)	1.2%(9)	58.4%(426)	1.6%(12)
7	Scotts Valley High	Scotts Valley, CA	611	50.5%	66.9%(409)	0.5%(3)	19.3%(118)	5.1%(31)
8	Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter	Freedom, CA	207	35.0%	21.3%(44)	0.0%(0)	77.8%(161)	0.5%(1)
9	San Lorenzo Valley High	Felton, CA	578	33.4%	80.5%(465)	0.5%(3)	12.5%(72)	0.5%(3)
10	Watsonville High	Watsonville, CA	2,215	6.9%	2.4%(52)	0.2%(5)	96.4%(2,136)	0.7%(16)
11	Ceiba College Preparatory Academy	Watsonville, CA	501	6.3%	2.2%(11)	0.2%(1)	96.6%(484)	0.4%(2)
12	Pajaro Valley High	Watsonville, CA	1,293	6.0%	1.8%(23)	0.1%(2)	96.9%(1,253)	0.8%(11)

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