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Which teacher or staff member at Scotts Valley High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
611
High
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTTS VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060004308369
Scotts Valley High
555 Glenwood Dr., Scotts Valley, CA 95066 · (831) 439-9555 · Santa Cruz County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
19.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
67 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 154 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 137 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 168 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 152 | 25% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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 Scotts Valley Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -13.0pp since 2014
Math
50.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.8% | 34.2% | 20.0% | 11.0% |
| Math | 21.9% | 28.4% | 21.9% | 27.7% |
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 | 69.0% | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 50.7% |
| 2022-23 | 62.6% | 42.6% |
| 2021-22 | 72.0% | 53.5% |
| 2020-21 | 68.0% | 52.1% |
| 2018-19 | 75.0% | 47.0% |
| 2017-18 | 81.0% | 59.6% |
| 2016-17 | 82.1% | 47.1% |
| 2015-16 | 88.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 82.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Scotts Valley High
Scotts Valley High's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Valley High this school | 611 | 11.0% | 61.3% |
| Pacific Collegiate Charter Santa Cruz | 536 | 9.7% | N/A |
| Carmel High Carmel | 780 | 15.1% | 68.2% |
| Laguna Beach High Laguna Beach | 815 | 17.1% | 73.3% |
| Archie Williams High San Anselmo | 1,141 | 10.3% | 57.0% |
| Malibu High Malibu | 387 | 20.9% | 58.7% |
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 Scotts Valley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #163 of 1,052 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #170 of 1,056 ▼ 28 | #2 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #268 of 1,056 ▼ 117 | #2 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #205 of 1,044 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #938 of 2,093 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #444 of 1,352 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #667 of 1,351 | #7 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #1,546 of 1,575 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #115 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
611
-166 (-21%) vs 2020
+89% since 2000-01, when it was 323
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 611 | 31.6 | 19.3:1 | 11% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 655 | 33.9 | 19.3:1 | 11% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 690 | 31.7 | 21.8:1 | 10% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 35 | 22.2:1 | 10% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 802 | 37.9 | 21.2:1 | 9% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 36 | 23.4:1 | 10% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | N/A | N/A | 11% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 15 | 21.5:1 | 6% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scotts Valley High.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (802 to 611); teachers down 17% (37.9 to 31.6).
About Scotts Valley High
Scotts Valley High is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Scotts Valley, California. The school enrolls 611 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
Scotts Valley High is one school in a 4-school district, Scotts Valley Unified, which enrolls 2,121 students.
About 67% of the student body at Scotts Valley High is White. The remaining students are 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.3:1. The average for high schools in California is 18.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 11% of students at Scotts Valley High are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Santa Cruz County average 52%.
Scotts Valley High holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 51% of California public high schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Scotts Valley High's results are 11.8 points below predicted: 61.3% against 73.1%.
In the wider Santa Cruz County area, the median household earns about $111,093 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Scotts Valley High shares Santa Cruz County with 82 other public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Vine Hill Elementary, is the closest to Scotts Valley High. Scotts Valley High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 62.0% proficiency; Scotts Valley High posts 61.3%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 21%. The school's ratio dropped from 22.2:1 to 19.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Scotts Valley High discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Scotts Valley Unified
- Vine Hill ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Brook Knoll ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Scotts Valley MiddleMiddle · 463 students
Other schools in Scotts Valley
- Vine Hill ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Scotts Valley MiddleMiddle · 463 students
- California Online Public Schools Monterey BayCombined · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Vine Hill Elementary0.5 mi · 549
- Scotts Valley Middle2.1 mi · 463
- California Online Public Schools Monterey Bay2.4 mi · 440
- Happy Valley Elementary3.4 mi · 106
- SLVUSD Charter3.9 mi · 301
- Brook Knoll Elementary4.1 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Scotts Valley HighWhat is the total enrollment at Scotts Valley High?
Scotts Valley High enrolls approximately 611 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Scotts Valley High serve?
Scotts Valley High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Scotts Valley High have?
Scotts Valley High employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
How diverse is Scotts Valley High?
Scotts Valley High reports a student body of 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Scotts Valley High?
Scotts Valley High is overseen by Scotts Valley Unified in Santa Cruz County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.