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There is a large number of public, private, alternative education, trades & vocational schools and universities throughout Santa Cruz County.   There are also plenty of educational programs, workshops, and seminars held in Santa Cruz all year round.

Public Schools

Bonny Doon Elementary School District

• Bonny Doon Elementary School

Happy Valley Elementary School District

• Happy Valley Elementary School

Live Oak School District

See: Live Oak School District

Mountain Elementary School District

• Mountain Elementary School

Pacific Elementary School district

• Pacific Elementary School

Pajaro Valley Unified School District

See: Pajaro Valley Unified School District

San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District

See: San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District

Santa Cruz City Schools District

See: Santa Cruz City Schools District

Scotts Valley Unified School District

See: Scotts Valley Unified School District

Soquel Union Elementary School District

See: Soquel Union Elementary School District

Alternative Education Schools

• Cesar E. Chavez School for Social Change — Grades: 7-12.
• Esperanza Middle School — Grades: 6-8.
• Loudon Nelson Community School
• Natural Bridges High School — Grades: 10-12
• Oasis Independent Studies — Grades: 9-12.
• Pacific Collegiate School — Grades: 7-12, charter school.
• Robert A. Hartman School — Grades: 7-12.
• San Lorenzo Valley Community School — Grades: 7-12.
• Santa Cruz Community School — Grades: 7-10 grade, male students.
• SCORE (Santa Cruz Online Reality Education) — Grades: 9-12.
• Second Opportunity for Students Program — Grades: 9-12.
• Esperanza Middle School — Grades: 6-8
• Star Community School — Grades: 7-12.
• Success Academy — Grades: 9-12.
• Teen Center School — Grades: 9-12.
• Teenage Parents Program — Grades: 9-12.
• Valley Independent Prep School — Grades: 9-12.
• VISTA Community School — Grades: 9-12.
• Wagner Cottage Transition Program — Grades: 8-12.
• Watsonville Community School — Grades: 9-12.
• White Oak High School — Grades: 9-12.

Home School

• Alternative Family Education — K-12^th grade.
• Boulder Creek Home School — K-6^th grade.
• Coast Redwood Junior High Home School — Grades: 7-8.
• Coast Redwood High School — Grades: 9-12.
• Fall Creek Home School — K-6^th grade.
• Merit Academy — Preschool-12^th grade.
• Ocean Alternative Education Center — K-8^th grade.
• Ocean Grove Charter School — K-12^th grade.
• SLV Home School — K-12^th grade.

Court Referral Schools

• DeWitt Anderson School — Grades: 7-12, female students.
• Escuela Quetzal — Grades: 9-12.
• Luna PARK Academy — Grades: 8-11.
• Robert A. Hartman School
• YES (Youth Experiencing Success) — Grades: 8-12.

 

Private Schools

• Aptos Academy — K-8^th grade.
• Baymonte Christian School — Preschool-8^th grade.
• Beach High School — Grades: 9-12.
• Carden School of Santa Cruz — K-8^th grade.
• Empire Academy — Grades: 6-12.
• Gateway School — K-8^th grade.
• Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School — Grades: 6-12.
• Good Shepherd Catholic School — Pre-Kindergarten - 8^th grade.
• Green Valley Christian School — Preschool - 12^th grade.
• Holy Cross School — Preschool-8^th grade.
• Monterey Bay Academy — Grades: 9-12.
• Monte Vista Christian School — Grades: 6-12.
• Moreland Notre Dame School — K-8^th grade.
• Mount Madonna School — Pre-Kindergarten - 12^th grade.
• New Horizons School — K-5^th grade.
• Orchard School — K-6^th grade.
• Santa Cruz Children's Schools — K-6^th grade.
• Santa Cruz Montessori School — Preschool-9^th grade.
• Santa Cruz Waldorf School — K-12^th grade.
• Saint Francis Central Coast Catholic High School — Grades: 9-12.
• Saint Lawrence Academy — K-8^th grade.
• Salesian Elementary & Junior High School — K-8^th grade.
• Spring Hill School - Advanced K-8 Education — K-8^th grade.
• Tara Redwood School -- Preschool - 5^th grade.
• Twin Lakes Christian School — K-6^th grade.
• VHM Christian School — K-8^th grade.

 

Higher Education

• UCSC
• Cabrillo Community College
• Swanton Pacific Ranch — Cal Poly's College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences extension.

 

Preschool

• St. Andrew Preschool

 

Trade Schools

• Bauman College Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts
• The Cosmo Factory Cosmetology Academy
• East West School of Planetary Herbology
• Five Branches Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Monsbey College
• Shoreline School of Cosmetology
• Watsonville Institute of Cosmetology

 

Other Schools

• Branciforte Small School Campus
• Culinary Center of Santa Cruz
• Santa Cruz Free Skool
• Santa Cruz Adult School
• Santa Cruz School For Tarot and Qabalah Study
• Seven Directions Institute of Art & Science
• Watsonville/Aptos Adult Education

 

Educational Programs

• Children’s Learning Museum
• City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation
• City of Watsonville Parks and Community Services
• Literacy Center (Watsonville)
• Love Apple Farms
• O'Neill Sea Odyssey
• Santa Cruz County Regional Occupational Program (R.O.P.)

 

Educational Organizations

• Association of Mexican-American Educators
• Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries
• Gay-Straight Alliance
• Santa Cruz Education Foundation
• Scotts Valley Educational Foundation

 

Unions

• Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers

 

Related Links

• Libraries
• Community Organizations
• Spiritual Organizations
• Student Movements and Protests
• Santa Cruz History
• Louden Nelson