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Watsonville Prep, Watsonville, CA

Charter schoolCEP schoolWatsonville Prep is a public elementary school in Watsonville, part of Watsonville Prep District. It enrolled 488 students in 2024-25, with 24.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
488
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Students per teacher
24.4
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 24.4. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school24.4
District24.4
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
407 Main St. 2nd Fl., Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone
(831)217-4883
District
Watsonville Prep District
County
Santa Cruz County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
060249714404
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
348
Reduced-price lunch
28
Free or reduced-price lunch
37677.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
274Students 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Watsonville

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.