Top ranked high schools in Santa Cruz, 2026-27
3 high schools in Santa Cruz are ranked in this edition, ordered by California state rank.
- Pacific Collegiate Charter — Santa Cruz · #8 in CA · #82 nationally
- Santa Cruz High School — Santa Cruz · #200 in CA · #1,256 nationally
- Harbor High School — Santa Cruz · #486 in CA · #3,123 nationally
Santa Cruz compared with California
Pacific Collegiate Charter, the best-ranked school in Santa Cruz, is #8 of 1,598 ranked schools in California, in the top 0.6% of the state's list.
1 of the 3 ranked schools in Santa Cruz is in the national top 1,000.
The median ranked school in Santa Cruz enrolls 1,013 students, compared with a median of 873 for ranked schools across California.
Ranks are from the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools edition. How HighSchoolTrends uses this data.
Sources
- U.S. News & World Report, Best High Schools, 2026-2027 edition, California list, read Aug 20, 2026. California list (live page; it may have changed since we read it)
Used for: national rank, state rank, counts of ranked schools, median school figures.