Santa Cruz County Community

Located at 400 Encinal St., in Santa Cruz, California, Santa Cruz County Community is a mid-tier secondary school that instructs 730 students (grades 7 through 12), overseen by Santa Cruz County Office of Education.

Santa Cruz County Office of Education comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,062 students; Santa Cruz County Community is among them.

On demographics, Santa Cruz County Community lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 35% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the resource side, Santa Cruz County Community records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Santa Cruz County Community higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Santa Cruz County Community is one of 83 public schools in Santa Cruz County (combined enrollment of about 36,316 students).

The closest other public school is Santa Cruz County Special Education, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 15%: 637 students in 2018 compared to 730 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.