Impact of COVID-19 on Santa Cruz County Community
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 1420th of 2133 High schools | Ranks 1509th of 2348 High schools | 2.3% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Santa Cruz County Community) | 32.6 | 23 | 9.6% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Santa Cruz County Office of Education) | 51.1 | 22.1 | 29% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 57.3 | 55.4 | 1.9% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Santa Cruz County Community) | 9.5 | 8.5 | 1% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Santa Cruz County Office of Education) | 32.3 | 7.4 | 25% |
11th Grade Mathematics (California) | 32.2 | 27.4 | 4.9% |
12th Grade Science (Santa Cruz County Community) | 14.2 | 21.5 | 7.3% |
12th Grade Science (Santa Cruz County Office of Education) | 28.9 | 20 | 8.9% |
12th Grade Science (California) | 25.6 | 26.9 | 1.3% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 655 | 741 | 13.1% |
African American | 8 | 7 | 12.5% |
American Indian | 3 | 8 | 166.7% |
Asian | 1 | 14 | 1300% |
Hispanic | 330 | 388 | 17.6% |
Pacific Islander | 0 | 3 | |
White | 284 | 302 | 6.3% |
Two or More Races | 29 | 12 | 58.6% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 37.6% | 46.7% | 9.1% |