Santa Cruz Education Profile
This page contains numerous resources for individuals who are interested in the education provided in Santa Cruz County. You will find information regarding the various K-12 schools available in the area along with school district boundary maps so may you know the area contained within each school district. For those who wish to send their children to private or alternative schools there is a list with all of the private and alternative schools in the area. For adults and continuing students we have a provided a link and brief description of universities and community colleges in the city of Santa Cruz and nearby.
Santa Cruz County Office of Education The Santa Cruz County Office of Education is a public agency who provides educational leadership, resources, and services to maintain equal and quality educational opportunities for all students. At the top of the page you will see several boundary maps for the different school districts located within Santa Cruz County. You may view overall student performance by county, district, and school on the Ed Data website provided by the Office of Education. You may learn more about the specific duties of the the office at their website, which is provided. Public, Private, & Alternate Schools We have provided a list, updated as of 3 March 2017, of all the different schools within Santa Cruz County. The list includes public, charter, and private schools in the area along with former schools that have ceased operation. Schools for Adults & Continuing students Cabrillo College Cabrillo College was founded in 1959 with a starting freshman class of 400 students. Cabrillo is a 2 year college with a Honors program that allows you to obtain your Associates degree and then transfer to a four year university to obtain your bachelor's degree. They have roughly ten thousand students attending their school. We have provided a link to their website to see a full list of all the programs they offer and the requirements for admission. University of California, Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz is one of the nine undergraduate University of California institutes. They are one of the foremost international research universities that provides a large selection of undergraduate degrees along with a range of graduate and doctoral level degrees. UCSC is one of the largest local employers and is home to over seventeen thousand students. We have provided a link to their website so you may learn more about the university's prestige and their admission details. California State University Monterey Bay CSU Monterey Bay began instruction in 1994 after the government decommissioned the Fort Ord military base. They are a four year university that offers 25 undergraduate majors along with 7 graduate level programs. We have linked their website so that you may learn more about the university and the programs offered. Miscellaneous Information In 2015, Value Penguin, a New York-based consumer data website, ranked Santa Cruz County as the 11th most educated region in the nation, largely due to the quality of its schools, colleges and universities. The Santa Cruz Chamber is a proud supporter of educational progress and expansion in our community at all levels of instruction. Over the past five years, Santa Cruz has seen numerous positive trends in our public education systems. The 2014-2015 enrollment of students in public K-12 schools has increased by 6% as compared to the 2008-2009 school year. The high school graduation rate has also increased over the last few years to 86%, continuing to be higher than the state average. Our higher education systems have continued along this path. Thanks to invaluable funds provided by the passage of Measure D In 2014, Cabrillo Community College has been able to upgrade classrooms, improve parking and provide a greater array of educational opportunities to all of its students ranging from art to STEM. The Chamber is proud of Cabrillo's usage of such funds in its ongoing commitment to educational excellence and believe Cabrillo serves as an example of the great benefits that can be enjoyed through community support of educational development. UCSC, having recently celebrated it's 50th year, is another invaluable member of the Santa Cruz education community. Ranking second in the world for research influence, it creates an atmosphere of revolutionary discovery that is invaluable to the vitality of our business community. Moreover, an economic impact analysis estimated that seven out of every ten dollars received by the University is spent in the local economy. Clearly, the presence of UCSC is beneficial to our community at large and the Chamber is proud of it's ongoing relationship with the University. Sources: Cabrillo College, UCSC, Santa Cruz County Office of Education and the Mercury News
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Santa Cruz County Education Data
All of the data and graphs listed below come from the sources mentioned above. These are just snapshots of information that can be followed up through the aforementioned sources. The Santa Cruz County Office of Education in particular has a myriad of additional data pertaining to public K-12 education. Please check back often as we continue to provide new/more recent data regarding the status of education in our community.
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All of the data and graphs listed below come from the sources mentioned above. These are just snapshots of information that can be followed up through the aforementioned sources. The Santa Cruz County Office of Education in particular has a myriad of additional data pertaining to public K-12 education. Please check back often as we continue to provide new/more recent data regarding the status of education in our community.
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