Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of ZIP code 95017. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in 95017.
ZIP code 95017
3 scored schools near 95017
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
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We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
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0 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
No charter schools are within 20 miles of ZIP code 95017.
3 magnets and schools of choice. You apply through the district, not the school.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near 95017?
1 scored elementary school is within 20 miles of ZIP code 95017. The closest is Santa Cruz City Elementary Alternative Education-Monarch, 10.2 miles away.
Distance 10.2mi
Santa Cruz City Elementary Alternative Education-Monarch
Santa Cruz City Elementary · Grades K–5 · Check how it admits students.
222850% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 65th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in 95017, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near 95017?
1 scored middle school is within 20 miles of ZIP code 95017. The closest is Alternative Family Education, 10.2 miles away.
Distance 10.2mi
Alternative Family Education
Santa Cruz City High · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
123652% below the standard
Scope Score 76Solid · 55th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in 95017, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near 95017?
1 scored high school is within 20 miles of ZIP code 95017. The closest is Ark Independent Studies, 10.2 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 10.2mi
Ark Independent Studies
Santa Cruz City High · Grades 6–12 · Check how it admits students.
171667% below the standard
Scope Score 67Needs Support · 12th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in 95017, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
Private schools
Which private schools are near 95017?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- Santa Cruz Waldorf SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 128 students6.7 mi
- Pacific Sands AcademyGrades 1–12 · 41 students7.5 mi
- Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory SchoolGrades 6–12 · 119 students8.7 mi
- Gateway SchoolGrades K–8 · 181 students9.0 mi
- Spring Hill-Advanced Elementary School of Santa CrGrades K–6 · 33 students9.4 mi
- Holy Cross SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 139 students9.4 mi
- Santa Cruz Childrens SchoolGrades K–6 · 48 students10.7 mi
- Baymonte Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 332 students11.1 mi
- Vhm Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 62 students11.4 mi
- The Bay School34 students11.6 mi
- Midtown MontessoriGrades Pre-K–K · 5 students11.7 mi
- Good Shepherd Catholic SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 163 students12.3 mi
- Merit AcademyGrades 9–12 · 24 students12.9 mi
- Santa Cruz MontessoriGrades K–6 · 112 students14.6 mi
- Twin Lakes Christian SchoolGrades K–8 · 398 students14.8 mi
- Chrysostom Classical AcademyGrades K–8 · 39 students16.0 mi
- Orchard SchoolGrades K–6 · 45 students17.1 mi
- St. Abraham's Classical Christian AcademyGrades K–12 · 86 students18.6 mi
- St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception SchoolGrades K–8 · 192 students18.7 mi
- Fusion Academy Los GatosGrades 6–12 · 83 students18.7 mi
- Hillbrook SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 341 students19.9 mi
21 private schools are within 20 miles of ZIP code 95017, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near 95017?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Santa Cruz City High2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Santa Cruz City Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above