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New School Community Day · WatsonvillePublic

New School Community Day: A community day school. No Scope Score publishes here.

A Scope Score ranks schools a family can choose between. At New School Community Day, students are placed here after expulsion or by district or probation referral — so a comparative rank would measure something a family's choice never entered. We show what California reports and hold the rank.

165 Harkins Slough Road, 95076 (opens in new tab)·Pajaro Valley Unified·Watsonville·Grades 9-12·42 students·95% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(831) 761-6140·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
% Exceeded0%20%
% Met+3%43%
Grad rate95.8%92.5%
College readiness0.0%43.0%
Absence39.3%23.1%
Suspension14.0%3.3%
What this school is
community day school
Not ranked
42 students · placed after expulsion or referral

New School Community Day is a community day school in Watsonville, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, performance band, archetype or ranking for schools where enrollment is assigned rather than chosen, so its CDE CAASPP 2025 results appear here unranked.

Every figure below is California's own, reported for this school and shown without a rank. Why we withhold a score →

15 students were tested here on last year's CAASPP. 3.3% met or exceeded the standard; 0.0% exceeded it.

Chronic absenteeism ran 39.3%; the suspension rate was 14.0%. California reports both the same way it does for every school — this page just doesn't rank them here.

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade
3%
State 43%
Graduate
96%
State 92%
Pass an AP exam
0%
State 43%

Of 100 students here: 3 are proficient by 11th grade → 96 graduate → 0 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

If you're trying to understand this school

Families don't choose a court or community school off this page — a student arrives through the court, a probation department, or a district referral. For a specific student, the county office of education or the district's alternative-education office is the right first call.

  • Ask how credits earned here transfer back to a student's home school.
  • Ask what continuity of services looks like when a student moves between this program and a comprehensive campus.
  • Ask what happens to a student's education plan after they leave.

How every group of students does here

All students at this school: 3% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 3%, district —, state 43%3%
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 4%, district 17%, state 32%4% · +0 vs school

7 of 9 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 39.3%, district 23.9%, state 23.1%39.3% · +16.2pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 14.0%, district —, state 3.3%14.0% · +10.8pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1247.2%

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path

Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 11:1, district 22:111:1
PrincipalSusan Graulty
Teaching staff4 teachers
Avg. experience7.3 years
Fully credentialed24%
First-year teachers25%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$58,520 – $109,309
Principal salary$122,944 – $142,021
Superintendent salary$268,536

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth

What gets spent here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $45,474, CA average $14,491$45,474 · spent at this school
Federal share$996 per student

$996 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,632 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction56%
Instruction support17%
Student services13%
Administration4%
Buildings & maintenance8%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$15,608 per pupil
2019$15,165 per pupil
2018$15,343 per pupil
2017$13,924 per pupil
2016$12,975 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Hispanic100.0%
District 84.6% · CA 56.1%
GenderFemale 38.1%Male 61.9%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 95.2% (31pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$91K · CA $85K
Median home value$809K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+18% · CA 35%
ZIP population82,806
Median age36 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

At 42 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Everything California reports about this school, shown without a rank — grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, climate, and the nearest schools.

01Score factors (not combined)the dimensions a Scope Score would weigh, shown against California · 2024–25
Graduation rate · 25%
95.8%
↑ vs CA 92.5%
Exceeded standard · 22%
0.0%
↓ vs CA 19.8%
College readiness · 20%
0.0%
↓ vs CA 43.0%
Met or exceeded · 18%
3.3%
↓ vs CA 43.2%
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
39.3%
↓ vs CA 23.1%
▼ 5.0pp lower vs 2023
Suspension rate · 5%
14.0%
↓ vs CA 3.3%
▼ 1.0pp lower vs 2023
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
21.1%
↑ vs CA 18.0%
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 11150%7%33%60%7%−42
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 11140%0%0%100%0%−24

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, no valid result was published, or the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

03Nearest high schoolsnearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
New School Community Day ←0.0%3.3%14.0%
Pajaro Valley High0.8 mi5.8%24.4%3.3%
Watsonville High1.3 mi8.6%29.4%4.0%
Diamond Technology Institute0.7 mi13.3%36.9%3.0%
California average19.8%43.2%3.3%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
Graduation Rate
95.8%
AP Exam Prepared
Not offered
This school may not offer AP courses
A-G Completion
0.0%
This school may not offer A-G courses
College-Going Rate
25.0%
YearExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20190.0%0.0%43.6%19.1%
20224.5%9.1%44.0%14.0%
20230.0%0.0%46.4%14.0%
20240.0%0.0%41.4%13.0%
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
What we can't show
  • — No Scope Score, performance band, archetype, or state rank publishes for this school — enrollment here is assigned, not chosen, so a comparative rank would mean something different than it does for a neighborhood school. See the Enrollment Axiom at /methodology#peer-class.
  • — No subgroup comparison could be shown for this school this year — either its group sizes fall under CDE's 15-student reporting floor, or district/state comparison data wasn't available for its groups.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female64.3%46.2%-18.1pp
Male57.1%47.8%-9.3pp
Hispanic/Latino59.7%47.9%-11.8pp
Students with Disabilities63.2%71.4%+8.2pp
English Learners61.5%40.0%-21.5pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged58.3%47.0%-11.3pp
All Students60.3%47.2%-13.1pp
Homeless50.0%
09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot offered
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollmentnot reported
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections1
Total enrollment (CRDC)47

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

10College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00.0%
California State University00.0%
California community college325.0%
In-state private00.0%
Out-of-state, 4-year00.0%
Out-of-state, 2-year00.0%
Not enrolled975.0%

12 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 25% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-07-03methodology · data updates · CSV · report issue

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