Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA CRUZ CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063559006062
Gault Elementary
1320 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062 · (831) 429-3856 · Santa Cruz County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
151 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.1pp since 2014
Math
38.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.5% | 21.7% | 19.1% | 33.8% |
| Math | 18.5% | 19.8% | 21.7% | 40.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 29.7% |
| 2022-23 | 44.1% | 33.3% |
| 2021-22 | 49.2% | 30.9% |
| 2018-19 | 33.1% | 29.9% |
| 2017-18 | 25.3% | 17.9% |
| 2016-17 | 29.0% | 24.4% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 23.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Gault Elementary
Gault Elementary's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gault Elementary this school | 314 | 48.1% | 41.2% |
| Ballico-Cressey Community Charter Ballico | 293 | 46.4% | 39.5% |
| Campo Elementary Campo | 359 | 47.4% | 20.2% |
| La Patera Elementary Goleta | 369 | 45.0% | 46.8% |
| Southside Elementary Hollister | 267 | 45.3% | 45.2% |
| Jamul Elementary Jamul | 386 | 45.9% | 33.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gault Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #2,373 of 5,151 | #20 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #2,428 of 5,172 ▲ 692 | #17 of 36 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #2,262 of 5,172 ▼ 47 | #18 of 36 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #2,451 of 5,116 | #14 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #4,649 of 5,915 | #28 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,541 of 5,352 | #21 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #2,592 of 5,354 | #14 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #4,000 of 5,625 | #20 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #1,871 of 3,837 | #20 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
314
+23 (+8%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 26.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 314 | 14 | 22.4:1 | 48% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 13 | 22.4:1 | 60% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 14 | 22.1:1 | 64% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 11 | 26.4:1 | 64% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 16.4 | 22.9:1 | 70% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 71% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | N/A | N/A | 80% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 20 | 19.2:1 | 36% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 18 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gault Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (375 to 314); teachers down 15% (16.4 to 14).
About Gault Elementary
This page covers Gault Elementary, a small elementary school in Santa Cruz, California. Enrollment totals 314 students across kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Santa Cruz City Elementary runs Gault Elementary along with 4 other schools, enrolling 1,756 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Gault Elementary is 61% Hispanic. Other groups include 32% White and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 35% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 22.4 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Gault Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 48%.
Among California public elementary schools, Gault Elementary outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Gault Elementary are 10.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (41.2% actual, 51.4% predicted).
Census data for Santa Cruz County show the median household earns about $111,093 a year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Gault Elementary, Santa Cruz County has 83 public schools.
Gault Elementary's nearest public school is Santa Cruz City Elementary Alternative Education-Monarch (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Gault Elementary ranks 5th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Gault Elementary the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school grew from 291 students in 2020-21 to 314 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 26.4:1 to 22.4:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Santa Cruz County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,926
Census ACS
Median income
$111,093
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Cruz City Elementary
- De Laveaga ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- Westlake ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Bay View ElementaryElementary · 394 students
- Santa Cruz City Elementary Alternative Education-MonarchElementary · 114 students
Other schools in Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz HighHigh · 1,093 students
- Harbor HighHigh · 1,013 students
- Santa Cruz County CommunityHigh · 730 students
- Pacific Collegiate CharterHigh · 536 students
- Mission Hill MiddleMiddle · 510 students
- Brook Knoll ElementaryElementary · 498 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Cruz City Elementary Alternative Education-Monarch0.4 mi · 114
- Alternative Family Education0.4 mi · 110
- Ark Independent Studies0.4 mi · 56
- Costanoa Continuation High0.4 mi · 77
- Branciforte Middle0.6 mi · 409
- Harbor High1.1 mi · 1,013
Frequently asked questions
About Gault ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Gault Elementary?
Gault Elementary enrolls approximately 314 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Gault Elementary serve?
Gault Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gault Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gault Elementary is approximately 22.4:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gault Elementary?
Gault Elementary reports a student body of 32% White, 61% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Gault Elementary?
Gault Elementary is overseen by Santa Cruz City Elementary in Santa Cruz County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.