San Lorenzo Valley Middle

Located at 7179 Hacienda Way, in Felton, California, San Lorenzo Valley Middle is a modestly sized intermediate school that caters to 396 students (grades 6 through 8), run under San Lorenzo Valley Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so San Lorenzo Valley Middle sits 40% below that benchmark.

San Lorenzo Valley Unified runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,228 students. San Lorenzo Valley Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, San Lorenzo Valley Middle records that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Santa Cruz County's rate of about 52%.

With demographic context factored in, San Lorenzo Valley Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 65.2%; this one comes in at 35.1%, -30.1 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Santa Cruz County put median household income runs about $111,093, 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), San Lorenzo Valley Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is San Lorenzo Valley Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), San Lorenzo Valley Middle ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 58.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at San Lorenzo Valley Middle has contracted 26%, going from 538 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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