Watsonville Prep

Watsonville Prep is an elementary school with a street address in Watsonville, California. Enrolled students number 488 students, in kindergarten through 8.

Watsonville Prep District operates Watsonville Prep.

At Watsonville Prep, Hispanic students make up 96% of the student body. By comparison, Santa Cruz County residents are about 35% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Watsonville Prep belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.

Its 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 23.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 77% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Santa Cruz County averages 52%, lower than here.

Census estimates describe Santa Cruz County this way: median household income is about $111,093, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 83 public schools in Santa Cruz County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,316.

The shortest distance from Watsonville Prep to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Radcliff Elementary. The five-mile area around Watsonville Prep holds at least 8 other public schools.

Watsonville Prep falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Watsonville Prep is a public charter school.

Watsonville Prep reported 220 students in 2020-21 and 488 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 23.6:1, from 27.5:1.

Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Watsonville Prep. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.