📍 250 Aptos Sch Rd., Aptos, Santa Cruz County, 95003
Valencia Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Aptos, Santa Cruz County. The school has 488 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Patrick Lynch. It is part of the Pajaro Valley Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
Valencia Elementary enrolls 488 students across grades K–6. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 291 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 161 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 5.7% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
177 of the school's 488 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Valencia Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students.
Valencia Elementary is one of 34 schools in Pajaro Valley Unified, based in Watsonville, California. The district serves 16,588 students district-wide and employs 831 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 488 students, Valencia Elementary is close to the district average of about 488 students per school.
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