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Santa Cruz County Special EducationPublicSanta Cruz, CAGrades TK-12105 students

Santa Cruz County Special Education: A special education center. No Scope Score publishes here.

A Scope Score ranks schools a family can choose between. At Santa Cruz County Special Education, students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery — so a comparative rank would measure something a family's choice never entered. We show what California reports and hold the rank.

special education center

no score · no band · no rank — enrollment assigned, not chosen

105 students · placed by an IEP team

SchoolScope has no scored record for this school, so there is nothing here to rank either way. Why we withhold a score →

Santa Cruz County Special Education is a special education center in Santa Cruz, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, performance band, archetype or ranking for schools where enrollment is assigned rather than chosen.

Schools near here
400 Encinal Street, Santa Cruz 95060(831) 466-5700santacruzcoe.org (opens in new tab)Principal Deven StarkPlan a visit

SchoolScope holds no scored record for Santa Cruz County Special Education this year — no Scope Score, band or rank — so there is no picture to draw beyond the figures on this page.

Worth a conversation

If a placement here is part of a child's IEP, this page is background, not the decision — the IEP team meeting is where fit actually gets decided.

  • Ask how this placement was determined, and what the annual IEP review looks at.
  • Ask what related services — speech, occupational therapy, counseling — are provided on site.
  • Ask how and when a return to a less-restrictive setting gets reconsidered.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 7 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher7 · district 21
Teaching staff15 teachers
Avg. experience7.7 years
Fully credentialed57%
PrincipalDeven Stark
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$52,480 – $109,594
Principal salaryUp to $130,868
Superintendent salary$261,956

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent · FY 2019–20

It spends $146,698 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$3,784 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $146,698, CA average $14,491$146,698 · spent at this school
Federal share$3,784 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 35%Instruction support 28%Student services 13%Administration 17%Buildings & maintenance 7%

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

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$41,345 per pupil
2019$25,948 per pupil
2018$34,796 per pupil
2017$28,828 per pupil
2016$28,500 per pupil
Who is enrolled

One in three of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 105 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

Hispanic or Latino34.3% · district 45.5% · CA 56.1%
White47.6% · district 43.2% · CA 19.9%
Asian6.7% · district 3.1% · CA 10.2%
Black0.9% · district 0.7% · CA 4.8%
Other10.5% · district 7.4% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 29.5% · Male 70.5%
Free or reduced lunch34.3% · CA 64%

Contact

Address400 Encinal Street, Santa Cruz 95060 (opens in new tab)
Phone(831) 466-5700
Websitesantacruzcoe.org (opens in new tab)
DistrictSanta Cruz County Office of Education
PrincipalDeven Stark
GradesTK-12
Enrollment105 students
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Data source: California Department of Education. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025 — enrollment, staffing, and finance figures above are CDE's own current data. Data updated 2026-09-27.methodology · data updates · report issue

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