Santa Cruz City School District is a public school district in
Santa Cruz County, California
Santa Cruz County (), officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 270,861. The county seat is Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz County comprises the San ...
,
United States
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. 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
Happy Valley Elementary School District is a public school district based in Santa Cruz County, California, United States
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Live Oak School District
The Live Oak School District contains 6 schools in Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, California
Live Oak is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California between the cities of Santa Cruz and Capitola and north of the former Uni ...
, Mountain School District,
Pacific Elementary School District
Pacific Elementary School District is a public school district in Santa Cruz County, California, United States
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, and Soquel Union Elementary School District.
It also serves
homeschooling 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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