Santa Cruz County High Schools Ranked In 2019 Niche List

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA — Santa Cruz County high schools received their latest report card last week, as Niche.com released its 2019 rankings of the best public high schools in California. Pacific Collegiate Charter School ranked 46 and Ocean Grove Charter School ranked 49 on the list. A total of 919 schools were ranked across the state.

Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego is California's best public high school, according to the rankings. Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, Troy High School in Fullerton, Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto and Miramonte High School in Orinda closed out the top five spots in the state.

Here are the statewide rankings of the top public high schools in Santa Cruz County:

• Pacific Collegiate Charter School (46)
• Ocean Grove Charter School (49)
• Santa Cruz High School (200)
• Scotts Valley High School (241)
• Aptos High School (271)
• Cypress Charter High School (429)
• Alternative Family Education (457)
• Soquel High School (653)
• Delta Charter School (774)

See the full list of the best public high schools in California here.

According to Niche, the best public high school in the country is Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois.

To compile the rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. (Read more about the methodology here.)

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