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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary, Santa Cruz, CA

CEP schoolSanta Cruz Gardens Elementary is a public elementary school in Santa Cruz, part of Soquel Union Elementary. It enrolled 214 students in 2024-25, with 26.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
214
Teachers (FTE)
8.0
Students per teacher
26.8
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 4.4 higher than the district figure of 22.4. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school26.8
District22.4
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
8005 Winkle Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Phone
(831)464-5670
District
Soquel Union Elementary
County
Santa Cruz County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
063729006310
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
62
Reduced-price lunch
3
Free or reduced-price lunch
6530.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
61Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Soquel Union Elementary

Elementary schools elsewhere in Santa Cruz

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.