Local school district in a supervisory union · Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz City High School District, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Santa Cruz City High School District runs 9 public schools with 4,467 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 20.0 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the California figure of 21.9.Listed in NCES data as "Santa Cruz City High".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 4,467
- Teachers (FTE)
- 223
- Students per teacher
- 20.0
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 133 Mission Street Ste. 100, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
- Phone
- (831)429-3410
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Local school district in a supervisory union
- NCES district ID
- 0635600
- State district ID
- CA-4469823
- Total staff (FTE)
- 440
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 319 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district20.0
California21.9
United States15.3
Schools in Santa Cruz City High School District
By level: 6 high, 2 middle, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alternative Family Education | Other | K to 12 | 110 | 36.7 |
| Ark Independent Studies | High | 6 to 12 | 56 | 28.0 |
| Branciforte Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 409 | 18.6 |
| Costanoa Continuation High | High | 9 to 12 | 77 | 25.7 |
| Delta CharterCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 113 | 14.1 |
| Harbor High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,013 | 18.8 |
| Mission Hill Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 510 | 18.2 |
| Santa Cruz High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,093 | 24.3 |
| Soquel High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,074 | 20.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Santa Cruz County
- Pajaro Valley Unified 16,588 students
- Ocean Grove Charter District 3,378 students
- San Lorenzo Valley Unified 2,238 students
- Scotts Valley Unified 2,126 students
- Santa Cruz City Elementary School District 1,758 students
- Live Oak Elementary School District 1,669 students
- Soquel Union Elementary 1,520 students
- Santa Cruz County Office of Education 1,063 students
- Pacific Collegiate Charter District 536 students
- Ceiba College Preparatory Academy District 501 students
- Watsonville Prep District 488 students
- California Online Public Schools Monterey Bay District 440 students
- Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary 425 students
- Pacific Elementary School District 173 students
- Mountain Elementary School District 143 students
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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.