Renaissance High Continuation

Renaissance High Continuation operates as an one-room-style high school in La Selva Beach, California, operated by Pajaro Valley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 112 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Renaissance High Continuation sits 87% below that benchmark.

Within Pajaro Valley Unified, which oversees 33 schools and 16,482 students, Renaissance High Continuation is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Renaissance High Continuation reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). The remainder breaks down as 4% White. By comparison, Santa Cruz County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Santa Cruz County's rate of about 52%.

In the broader community, census data for Santa Cruz County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,093 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Santa Cruz County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,316 students), Renaissance High Continuation is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rio del Mar Elementary, around 2.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Renaissance High Continuation.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Renaissance High Continuation has edged down 23%, going from 145 students in 2018 to 112 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Renaissance High Continuation typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.