Is Bay View Elementary a good school?

Bay View Elementary ranks 2967 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Bay View Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 378 students attended Bay View Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Bay View Elementary?

Students at Bay View Elementary are 52% Hispanic, 39% White, 7% Two or more races.

Bay View Elementary

Summary:

Bay View Elementary is a public elementary school located in Santa Cruz, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 336 students. It is part of the Santa Cruz City Elementary School District, which is ranked 446 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Bay View Elementary performs lower than the district and state averages in English Language Arts/Literacy, Mathematics, and Science. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy ranged from 39.62% (5th grade) to 49.15% (3rd grade), compared to the district's 57.52% to 59.93% and the state's 42.8% to 47.37%. The school also experiences relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 11.7% in 2020-2021 to 32.8% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Compared to nearby schools like Brook Knoll Elementary, De Laveaga Elementary, and Westlake Elementary, Bay View Elementary generally underperforms in academic achievement and has a higher percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. These factors suggest opportunities for the school to focus on targeted interventions and support to address its unique challenges and improve student outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-5

1231 Bay St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4708

(831) 429-3991

District: Santa Cruz City Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
2967^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,688

Student/teacher ratio: 18.9

Number of students: 378

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

52.1%

White:

39.4%

Two or more races:

7.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 48.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Bay View Elementary ranks worse than 50.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Santa Cruz City Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.38. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (52.1%), White (39.4%), two or more races (7.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 48.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bay View Elementary is 18.9, which is the lowest among 5 elementary schools in the Santa Cruz City Elementary School District! (See more...)

Compare Bay View Elementary employs 20 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bay View Elementary is $12,688, which is the highest among 5 elementary schools in the Santa Cruz City Elementary School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bay View Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Bay View Elementary 2967^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Bay View Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Santa Cruz City Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Santa Cruz City Elementary 446^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Bay View Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Bay View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	65.00	1491^st	4809	69.0%
2005	42.63	2566^th	4822	46.8%
2006	51.73	2105^th	4818	56.3%
2007	58.51	1899^th	5113	62.9%
2008	57.46	1968^th	5113	61.5%
2009	57.03	2074^th	5193	60.1%
2010	57.43	2144^th	5314	59.7%
2011	44.41	2928^th	5377	45.5%
2012	43.05	3072^nd	5390	43.0%
2013	42.27	3169^th	5530	42.7%
2015	66.61	1624^th	5611	71.1%
2016	61.34	1927^th	5614	65.7%
2017	55.98	2222^nd	5692	61.0%
2018	44.06	2894^th	5662	48.9%
2019	40.98	3133^rd	5789	45.9%
2022	41.96	2961^st	5883	49.7%
2023	50.62	2501^st	5874	57.4%
2024	43.38	2967^th	5862	49.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bay View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.61	2945^th	3246	9.3%
2019	22.57	3041^st	3275	7.1%
2022	17.40	3279^th	3311	1.0%
2023	33.21	2302^nd	3250	29.2%
2024	35.41	2146^th	3160	32.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Bay View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	53.99	799^th	2420	67.0%
2024	25.63	2084^th	2634	20.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bay View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.30	4311^th	5084	15.2%
2019	11.61	4999^th	5173	3.4%
2022	21.41	4547^th	5264	13.6%
2023	33.30	3626^th	5374	32.5%
2024	32.33	3753^rd	5511	31.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Bay View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.08	2774^th	5413	48.8%
2019	46.38	2705^th	5492	50.7%
2022	48.60	2497^th	5635	55.7%
2023	55.61	2145^th	5617	61.8%
2024	51.92	2318^th	5605	58.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Bay View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.02	1137^th	2128	46.6%
2019	40.55	1276^th	2585	50.6%
2022	58.33	627^th	2227	71.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Bay View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.45	2955^th	5431	45.6%
2019	33.80	3480^th	5510	36.8%
2022	37.70	3161^st	5663	44.2%
2023	44.65	2761^st	5650	51.1%
2024	34.70	3433^rd	5636	39.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bay View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.80	4193^rd	4830	13.2%
2019	11.57	4809^th	4963	3.1%
2022	22.23	4336^th	5084	14.7%
2023	23.25	4239^th	5098	16.8%
2024	31.69	3600^th	5102	29.4%

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Rank History for White students at Bay View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.82	1851^st	2737	32.4%
2019	40.82	1827^th	2834	35.5%
2022	40.05	1741^st	2726	36.1%
2023	55.19	1283^rd	2662	51.8%
2024	59.66	1138^th	2647	57.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Bay View Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	407	37	18	123	2	n/a	n/a	0	587
1989	412	34	15	140	1	n/a	n/a	0	602
1990	419	47	17	127	1	n/a	n/a	0	611
1991	415	44	18	126	1	n/a	n/a	0	604
1992	401	44	25	125	1	n/a	n/a	0	596
1993	482	10	4	124	0	n/a	n/a	0	620
1994	443	21	4	127	0	n/a	n/a	0	595
1995	362	23	16	180	4	n/a	n/a	0	585
1996	362	23	16	180	4	n/a	n/a	0	585
1997	380	23	19	195	3	n/a	n/a	0	620
1998	354	15	29	188	2	n/a	n/a	0	588
1999	338	13	21	218	1	n/a	n/a	0	591
2000	307	16	24	214	1	n/a	n/a	0	562
2001	289	14	23	239	0	n/a	n/a	13	578
2002	229	6	19	238	0	n/a	n/a	32	524
2003	229	6	19	238	0	n/a	n/a	32	524
2004	187	12	17	196	0	n/a	n/a	34	446
2005	205	13	15	245	3	n/a	n/a	45	526
2006	208	7	12	248	2	n/a	n/a	55	532
2007	185	12	13	267	2	n/a	n/a	54	533
2008	160	11	11	267	3	n/a	n/a	0	452
2009	170	12	14	250	2	0	58	0	506
2010	212	14	10	258	3	0	16	0	513
2011	232	11	9	257	3	1	23	0	536
2012	226	14	13	254	5	1	30	0	543
2013	248	12	11	243	3	1	26	0	544
2014	257	12	14	238	2	2	21	0	546
2015	270	14	18	235	3	3	23	0	566
2016	259	14	23	229	1	7	19	0	552
2017	249	10	22	213	2	4	22	0	522
2018	234	11	17	182	0	3	26	0	473
2019	210	9	13	178	0	2	30	0	442
2020	199	7	12	180	0	3	27	0	428
2021	137	5	6	167	0	2	21	0	338
2022	140	2	4	162	0	2	17	1	328
2023	147	3	5	158	0	2	20	1	336
2024	149	1	2	197	0	2	27	0	378

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bay View Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	587	23.2	25.3	n/a
1989	602	27.0	22.2	n/a
1990	611	28.6	21.3	n/a
1991	604	26.3	22.9	n/a
1992	596	26.7	22.3	29.4
1993	620	22.6	27.4	33.1
1994	595	26.2	22.7	35.5
1995	585	25.1	23.3	37.3
1996	585	25.1	23.3	37.3
1997	620	24.7	25.1	38.9
1998	588	28.8	20.4	41.2
1999	591	31.6	18.7	37.7
2000	562	28.0	20.1	44.7
2001	578	29.5	19.6	46.4
2002	524	29.0	18.1	49.4
2003	524	29.0	18.1	49.4
2004	446	23.0	19.4	50.5
2005	526	25.6	20.5	52.8
2006	532	27.4	19.4	57.9
2007	533	29.2	18.3	65.3
2008	452	35.0	12.9	63.3
2009	506	29.3	13.9	56.9
2010	513	24.9	20.6	60.6
2011	536	n/a	n/a	61.6
2012	543	25.1	21.6	n/a
2013	544	24.7	21.9	52.8
2014	546	27.3	20.0	49.5
2015	566	27.0	20.9	50.4
2016	552	25.0	22.0	51.6
2017	522	24.5	21.2	52.9
2018	473	23.2	20.3	50.1
2019	442	21.8	20.2	48
2020	428	n/a	n/a	48.6
2021	338	16.5	20.4	48.5
2022	328	13.0	25.2	50
2023	336	18.0	18.6	45.2
2024	378	20.0	18.9	48.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bay View Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	587	23.2	25.3	n/a
1989	602	27.0	22.2	n/a
1990	611	28.6	21.3	n/a
1991	604	26.3	22.9	n/a
1992	596	26.7	22.3	29.4
1993	620	22.6	27.4	33.1
1994	595	26.2	22.7	35.5
1995	585	25.1	23.3	37.3
1996	585	25.1	23.3	37.3
1997	620	24.7	25.1	38.9
1998	588	28.8	20.4	41.2
1999	591	31.6	18.7	37.7
2000	562	28.0	20.1	44.7
2001	578	29.5	19.6	46.4
2002	524	29.0	18.1	49.4
2003	524	29.0	18.1	49.4
2004	446	23.0	19.4	50.5
2005	526	25.6	20.5	52.8
2006	532	27.4	19.4	57.9
2007	533	29.2	18.3	65.3
2008	452	35.0	12.9	63.3
2009	506	29.3	13.9	56.9
2010	513	24.9	20.6	60.6
2011	536	n/a	n/a	61.6
2012	543	25.1	21.6	n/a
2013	544	24.7	21.9	52.8
2014	546	27.3	20.0	49.5
2015	566	27.0	20.9	50.4
2016	552	25.0	22.0	51.6
2017	522	24.5	21.2	52.9
2018	473	23.2	20.3	50.1
2019	442	21.8	20.2	48
2020	428	n/a	n/a	48.6
2021	338	16.5	20.4	48.5
2022	328	13.0	25.2	50
2023	336	18.0	18.6	45.2
2024	378	20.0	18.9	48.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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