📍 225 Hammer Dr., Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, 95076
Starlight Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County. The school has 447 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jaclynne Medina. It is part of the Pajaro Valley Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
Starlight Elementary enrolls 447 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 439 | 98% |
| White | 5 | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
399 of the school's 447 students (89%) 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.
Starlight Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Starlight 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 447 students, Starlight Elementary is close to the district average of about 488 students per school.
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