# Pajaro Valley High *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `062949011462` - **School name**: Pajaro Valley High - **Location**: Watsonville, CA 95076 - **Address**: 500 Harkins Slough Rd. - **District**: Pajaro Valley Unified (LEAID `0629490`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 9–12 - **Coordinates**: 36.91435, -121.79228 - **Phone**: (831)728-8102 - **Website**: https://www.pvusd.net ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 1,293 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 59 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 21.9:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 84.3% ## State accountability rating - **System**: CA Dashboard - **Year**: 2024 - **Overall rating**: Red - **Indicators**: - elpi: Red - math: Red - college_career: Red - ela: Red - graduation: Orange ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2024 - **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 36.0% proficient — 327 tested - **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient - **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2024**: 94.2% (cohort of 308) - **2021**: 87.0% (cohort of 303) ## SAT/ACT participation (2020) - **SAT/ACT takers**: 2 ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 21.1% (327 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 2.9% (41 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 2.0% (28 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 78.9% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 4.7% — 67 students - **English Learners**: 30.5% — 435 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 149 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 17 students - **Autism**: 15 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 14 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 11 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 9 students - **Multiple Disabilities**: 3 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 3 students - **Orthopedic Impairment**: 2 students - **Visual Impairment**: 2 students - **Traumatic Brain Injury**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Advanced Placement (AP) ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $0 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 1,428 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $19,285,950 - **Federal share**: 12.9% - **State share**: 56.5% - **Local share**: 30.6% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $9,654,812 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $111,184 - **Poverty rate**: 5.5% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 45.3% - **Unemployment**: 2.4% - **Median gross rent**: $1,772 - **Foreign-born residents**: 18.9% - **Single-parent households**: 6.5% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 12.3 miles (CRAZY HORSE SANITARY LANDFILL) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 3 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 8 - **Nearest brownfield**: 13.87 miles (GILROY MONTEREY RD 7301 7363) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: WATSONVILLE, CITY OF - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.20139 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 11.8 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **New School Community Day** — 0.8 mi away, 0% (this school: 2.87%) - **Diamond Technology Institute** — 1.2 mi away, 0% (this school: 2.87%) - **Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter** — 2.0 mi away, 0% (this school: 2.87%) - **Aptos High** — 5.8 mi away, 0.3% (this school: 2.87%) - **Delta Charter** — 8.8 mi away, 0% (this school: 2.87%) ### ela proficiency - **Starlight Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 31.4% (this school: 28%) - **Diamond Technology Institute** — 1.2 mi away, 61% (this school: 28%) - **Ceiba College Preparatory Academy** — 1.9 mi away, 31.45% (this school: 28%) - **Watsonville Prep** — 1.9 mi away, 32.8% (this school: 28%) - **Linscott Charter** — 2.4 mi away, 65.95% (this school: 28%) ### graduation rate - **Aptos High** — 5.8 mi away, 94.3% (this school: 94.2%) - **Soquel High** — 10.7 mi away, 96.4% (this school: 94.2%) - **Harbor High** — 12.1 mi away, 94.5% (this school: 94.2%) - **Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy** — 12.9 mi away, 96.9% (this school: 94.2%) - **Santa Cruz High** — 13.9 mi away, 96.8% (this school: 94.2%) ### math proficiency - **Diamond Technology Institute** — 1.2 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **Linscott Charter** — 2.4 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%) - **Watsonville Charter School of the Arts** — 4.5 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **Rio del Mar Elementary** — 5.6 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%) - **Aptos High** — 5.8 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville - **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/pajaro-valley-high-watsonville/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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