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What advice would you give to incoming students at San Lorenzo Valley High?
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Enrollment
578
High
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN LORENZO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063474005865
San Lorenzo Valley High
7105 Highway 9, Felton, CA 95018 · (831) 335-4425 · Santa Cruz County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of California public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
117 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 157 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 126 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 132 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 163 | 28% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within San Lorenzo Valley Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
66.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.9pp since 2014
Math
39.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 41.1% | 25.0% | 19.4% | 14.5% |
| Math | 14.6% | 24.4% | 26.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 66.1% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.7% | 42.1% |
| 2022-23 | 70.3% | 28.2% |
| 2021-22 | 74.8% | 40.9% |
| 2020-21 | 67.0% | 42.7% |
| 2018-19 | 80.7% | 45.9% |
| 2017-18 | 79.7% | 40.6% |
| 2016-17 | 81.3% | 52.3% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 San Lorenzo Valley High
San Lorenzo Valley High's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Lorenzo Valley High this school | 578 | 20.2% | 55.5% |
| Colfax High Colfax | 611 | 21.3% | 57.3% |
| Bear River High Grass Valley | 664 | 25.2% | 54.5% |
| Malibu High Malibu | 387 | 20.9% | 58.7% |
| Laguna Beach High Laguna Beach | 815 | 17.1% | 73.3% |
| Carmel High Carmel | 780 | 15.1% | 68.2% |
Matched among California high 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 San Lorenzo Valley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #242 of 1,052 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #282 of 1,056 ▼ 55 | #3 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #331 of 1,056 ▼ 173 | #4 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #117 of 1,044 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #960 of 2,093 | #9 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #697 of 1,352 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.4% | #941 of 1,351 | #9 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #1,488 of 1,575 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #175 of 802 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
578
-138 (-19%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 999
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 578 | 27.5 | 21.1:1 | 20% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 29.1 | 21.4:1 | 21% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 29 | 22.2:1 | 21% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 33 | 21.7:1 | 27% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 29.2 | 24.8:1 | 21% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 30 | 23.4:1 | 14% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | N/A | N/A | 15% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 1,269 | 57 | 22.3:1 | 9% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 999 | 45 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Lorenzo Valley High.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (726 to 578); teachers down 6% (29.2 to 27.5).
About San Lorenzo Valley High
San Lorenzo Valley High is a low-enrollment high school in Felton, California. Its 578 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in California is about 838 students.
The district, San Lorenzo Valley Unified, has 2,228 students enrolled across 5 schools.
The student body at San Lorenzo Valley High is 80% White. Other groups make up 12% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 60% of Santa Cruz County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.1 students per teacher. That is 2.9 students per teacher above the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 20% of students. That is 32 points below the 52% average for public schools in Santa Cruz County.
allk12 grades San Lorenzo Valley High a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.7% for San Lorenzo Valley High. The school posts 55.5%, 12.2 points below the prediction.
San Lorenzo Valley High is located in Santa Cruz County, where the median household income is $111,093, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides San Lorenzo Valley High, Santa Cruz County has 82 other public schools.
The shortest distance from San Lorenzo Valley High to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to San Lorenzo Valley Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, San Lorenzo Valley High places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 138 fewer students in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at San Lorenzo Valley High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 San Lorenzo Valley Unified
- San Lorenzo Valley ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- Boulder Creek ElementaryElementary · 416 students
- San Lorenzo Valley MiddleMiddle · 396 students
- SLVUSD CharterCombined · 301 students
- Ludlow PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Felton
- San Lorenzo Valley ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- San Lorenzo Valley MiddleMiddle · 396 students
- Ludlow PreschoolElementary
Nearby schools
- San Lorenzo Valley Elementary0.1 mi · 537
- San Lorenzo Valley Middle0.1 mi · 396
- SLVUSD Charter1.6 mi · 301
- California Online Public Schools Monterey Bay3.2 mi · 440
- Scotts Valley Middle3.4 mi · 463
- Bonny Doon Elementary3.7 mi · 92
Frequently asked questions
About San Lorenzo Valley HighHow large is San Lorenzo Valley High?
San Lorenzo Valley High enrolls approximately 578 students in grades 09-12.
Is San Lorenzo Valley High an elementary, middle, or high school?
San Lorenzo Valley High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does San Lorenzo Valley High have?
San Lorenzo Valley High employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the student diversity at San Lorenzo Valley High?
Student demographics at San Lorenzo Valley High are roughly 80% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees San Lorenzo Valley High?
San Lorenzo Valley High is overseen by San Lorenzo Valley Unified in Santa Cruz County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.