Santa Cruz City School District is a public school district in
Santa Cruz County, California,
United States. It serves 7,000 students in grades pre-K through 12, both within and outside the city of
Santa Cruz. It comprises two districts, an elementary and a secondary district, governed by a single seven-member Board of Education.
The secondary school district has some areas where it serves grades 6-12 and others where it serves those only from grades 9-12. It also serves students from Bonny Doon School District,
Happy Valley Elementary School District,
Live Oak School District
The Live Oak School District contains 6 schools in Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, California. The district was founded in 1872 by Martin Kinsley, an Irish immigrant. The first school in the district was the Live Oak School House. The superintenden ...
, Mountain School District,
Pacific Elementary School District
Pacific Elementary School District is a public school district in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. It contains a single, rural elementary school, Pacific Elementary.
Pacific sponsors several unique programs which have doubled its e ...
, and Soquel Union Elementary School District.
It also serves
homeschooling
Homeschooling or home schooling, also known as home education or elective home education (EHE), is the education of school-aged children at home or a variety of places other than a school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or an onlin ...
programs and adult students, although it is considering whether to eliminate its adult education program for budgetary reasons.
The Santa Cruz City Elementary School District's four elementary schools are all significantly over capacity, leading the district to consider reclaiming and reopening a fifth elementary school that was leased to a charter school operator several years ago.
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School districts in Santa Cruz County, California
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