Santa Cruz County Court

Santa Cruz County Court is a high school of tiny scale in Santa Cruz, California, run under Santa Cruz County Office of Education, hosting 20 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 98% below typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Santa Cruz County Court records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder breaks down as 20% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Santa Cruz County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Santa Cruz County Court tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 85% of students at Santa Cruz County Court qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Cruz County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Santa Cruz County shows median household earnings sit near $111,093, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Santa Cruz County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,316 students), Santa Cruz County Court is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Santa Cruz County Special Education, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Santa Cruz County Court.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Santa Cruz County Court's enrollment has shrank 69% since 2018, when it stood at 64 (now 20). Hispanic enrollment moved from 97% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

On the community side, 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.