Soquel Elementary

As a tight-knit primary school in Soquel, California, Soquel Elementary teaches 337 students from grades K through 5, operated by Soquel Union Elementary. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Soquel Union Elementary comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,525 students; Soquel Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Soquel Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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, Soquel Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.6%; this one delivers 43.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Santa Cruz County put 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), Soquel Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Soquel High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Soquel Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Soquel Elementary's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 415 (now 337). White enrollment moved from 50% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

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