Pacific Coast Charter
Watsonville · CA · Pajaro Valley Unified · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter → Diamond Technology Institute → St Francis High School Salesian College Prep → New School Community Day → Watsonville High → Central Christian School → Pajaro Valley High → Ceiba College Preparatory Academy →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 74% (Bottom 17% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Pacific Coast Charter compares for families
What families should know about Pacific Coast Charter.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter, Diamond Technology Institute, St Francis High School Salesian College Prep and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 17% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -7.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 132 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter Freedom |
Public · charter | 0.2 | 207 | +75.4% |
| Diamond Technology Institute Watsonville |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 87 | +22.5% |
| St Francis High School Salesian College Prep Watsonville |
Private | 1.6 | 221 | -11.2% |
| New School Community Day Watsonville |
Public | 1.8 | 42 | — |
| Watsonville High Watsonville |
Public | 2.0 | 2,215 | -7.6% |
| Central Christian School Watsonville |
Private | 2.1 | 29 | — |
| Pajaro Valley High Watsonville |
Public | 2.2 | 1,293 | -17.2% |
| Ceiba College Preparatory Academy Watsonville |
Public · charter | 2.5 | 248 | -13.0% |