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Pajaro Valley High
500 Harkins Slough Rd.
Watsonville, CA 95076

Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 16%
  • English learners: 37%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 41%
  • Migrant education program participants: 13%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 80%
  • Special education within past two years: 12%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 1.84
(based on the 66% who responded)
Graduate School
 1%
College Graduate
 9%
Some College
 15%
High School
Graduate
 23%
Not a High School
Graduate
 52%

State Rank: 2 out of 101
API Score:
(2011)
6532
Student Ethnicity:
Hispanic/Latino
 94%
Filipino
 2%
White
 2%
Asian
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 95076:

Related Schools:
Academic/Vocational Charter Institute rank: A in Watsonville
Amesti Elementary rank: 1 in Watsonville
Calabasas Elementary rank: 1 in Watsonville
Ceiba College Preparatory Academy rank: 8 in Watsonville
Cesar E. Chavez Middle rank: 2 in Watsonville
E. A. Hall Middle rank: 1 in Watsonville
Freedom Elementary rank: 2 in Freedom
H. A. Hyde Elementary rank: 1 in Watsonville
Landmark Elementary rank: 1 in Watsonville
Linscott Charter rank: 9 in Watsonville
Mintie White Elementary rank: 1 in Watsonville
New School Community Day rank: A in Watsonville
Pacific Coast Charter rank: 2 in Watsonville
Pajaro Middle rank: 1 in Watsonville
Pajaro Valley High rank: 2 in Watsonville
Radcliff Elementary rank: 2 in Watsonville
Renaissance High Continuation rank: A in La Selva Beach
Rolling Hills Middle rank: 2 in Watsonville
Starlight Elementary rank: 3 in Watsonville
T. S. MacQuiddy Elementary rank: 1 in Watsonville
Watsonville Charter School of the Arts rank: 5 in Watsonville
Watsonville High rank: 2 in Watsonville

Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2011 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2011.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2011 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 512KB; 77pp.)