Main Street Elementary

Main Street Elementary, a cozy elementary school in Soquel, California, operated by Soquel Union Elementary, instructs 383 students, covering grades K through 5.

Soquel Union Elementary comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,525 students; Main Street Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Main Street Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Santa Cruz County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Main Street Elementary lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Main Street Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Santa Cruz County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Main Street Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.7%, the actual is 57.2%, a residual of -7.6 points.

In the broader community, Santa Cruz County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,093 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Santa Cruz County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,316 students), of which Main Street Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Soquel High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Main Street Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 383 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

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