Regular local school district · Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County Office of Education, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Santa Cruz County Office of Education runs 4 public schools with 1,063 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 19.0 students per teacher is 2.9 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,063
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56
- Students per teacher
- 19.0
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 400 Encinal St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
- Phone
- (831)466-5600
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0691036
- State district ID
- CA-4410447
- Total staff (FTE)
- 258
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 213 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district19.0
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,053), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $64.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.7 million
- State revenue
- $30.2 million
- Local revenue
- $22.7 million
- Total spending
- $61.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $58,717
- Salaries
- $24.8 million40.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.1%
- State: 46.8%
- Local: 35.2%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$58,717
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Santa Cruz County Office of Education
By level: 3 high, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Santa Cruz County Career Advancement CharterCharter | High | 12 | 207 | 29.6 |
| Santa Cruz County Community | High | 7 to 12 | 730 | 22.8 |
| Santa Cruz County Court | High | 7 to 12 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Santa Cruz County Special Education | Other | K to 12 | 105 | 7.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Santa Cruz County
- Pajaro Valley Unified 16,588 students
- Santa Cruz City High School District 4,467 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
- 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
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.