School district · California
Pajaro Valley Unified
Pajaro Valley Unified in California: 34 public schools with 16,482 students and 21.1 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $22,469 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 34
- 5 charter
- Students
- 16,482
- Students per teacher
- 21.1
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $22,469
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 779
- Counselors (FTE)
- 42.5
- Students per counselor
- 388
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 17.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%24%proficient
+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 89% of school districts in California
Median 42% · 854 school districts compared
7,336 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%17%proficient
−0.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 86% of school districts in California
Median 32% · 854 school districts compared
7,347 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 13% · $54.9M
- State
- 58% · $245.5M
- Local
- 29% · $124.6M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $12,551
- Support services
- $8,996
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $24.6M
- Long-term debt
- $205M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alianza CharterCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 626 | 22.3 | 42% | 28% |
Amesti ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 431 | 18.3 | 11% | 7.2% |
Ann Soldo ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 377 | 19.5 | 17% | 11% |
Bradley ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 520 | 21.0 | 35% | 28% |
Calabasas ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 512 | 22.1 | 16% | 14% |
Freedom ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 479 | 24.6 | 13% | 15% |
H. A. Hyde ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 476 | 21.0 | 14% | 14% |
Hall District ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 470 | 21.7 | 11% | 7.2% |
Landmark ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 419 | 18.4 | 14% | 10% |
Linscott CharterCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 258 | 28.7 | 54% | 34% |
Mar Vista ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 270 | 17.9 | 40% | 32% |
Mintie White ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 493 | 22.4 | 11% | 10% |
Ohlone ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 391 | 20.8 | 16% | 11% |
Radcliff ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 409 | 20.4 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
Rio del Mar ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 393 | 20.5 | 58% | 54% |
Starlight ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 383 | 21.4 | 23% | 25% |
T. S. MacQuiddy ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 438 | 22.0 | 8.7% | 5.9% |
Valencia ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 487 | 20.3 | 63% | 54% |
Watsonville Charter School of the ArtsCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 415 | 22.8 | 30% | 20% |
Aptos Junior HighFree meals for all | 7–8 | 587 | 22.0 | 43% | 36% |
Cesar E. Chavez MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 548 | 20.3 | 15% | 8.0% |
E. A. Hall MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 491 | 21.8 | 9.4% | 3.3% |
Lakeview MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 425 | 22.4 | 14% | 5.9% |
Pajaro MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 398 | 21.6 | 20% | 5.9% |
Rolling Hills MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 588 | 21.1 | 19% | 7.8% |
Aptos HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,274 | 22.0 | — | — |
Diamond Technology InstituteCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 87 | 17.1 | — | — |
New School Community DayAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 42 | 10.5 | — | — |
Pajaro Valley HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,293 | 21.6 | — | — |
Renaissance High ContinuationAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 112 | 7.2 | — | — |
Watsonville HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,215 | 23.5 | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
PVUSD Virtual AcademyAlternativeFully virtual | K–12 | 43 | 15.9 | 55% | 50% |
Pacific Coast CharterCharterFree meals for all | K–12 | 132 | 21.6 | 41% | 22% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 294 Green Valley Rd., Watsonville, CA 95076
- Phone
- (831)786-2100
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.