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Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary
8005 Winkle Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95065


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  • School Type: Elementary School
  • District: Soquel Union Elementary
  • Ranking compared to similar schools: 9
  • Acheived API growth target: Yes
  • School Schedule: Standard
  • Grades: K-5
Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 3%
  • English learners: 18%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 4%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 49%
  • Special education within past two years: 12%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 3.14
(based on the 99% who responded)
Graduate School
 15%
College Graduate
 26%
Some College
 30%
High School
Graduate
 16%
Not a High School
Graduate
 13%

State Rank: 8 out of 101
API Score:
(2010)
8682
Student Ethnicity:
White
 49%
Hispanic/Latino
 38%
Two or More
 9%
Filipino
 2%
Asian
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 95065:

Related Schools:
Main Street Elementary rank: 7 in Soquel
New Brighton Middle rank: 8 in Capitola
Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary rank: 8 in Santa Cruz
Soquel Elementary rank: 5 in Soquel

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 2010 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 2010.
  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: 2010 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 466KB; 73pp.)