Pajaro Valley Unified School District

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Pajaro Valley Unified School District
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Pajaro Valley Unified School District offices
Address
294 Green Valley Road
Watsonville
, California , 95076
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–12 [1]
NCES District ID 0629490 [1]
Students and staff
Students18,743 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers862.6 (FTE) [1]
Staff1,552.46 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio21.73:1 [1]
Other information
Website www.pvusd.net

Pajaro Valley Unified School District is a school district based in Watsonville, California, USA. The Superintendent is Michelle Rodriguez. The District is overseen by a seven members of the board of trustees that meets an average of twice a month.

Contents

Boundary

Pajaro Valley serves the eastern half of Santa Cruz County, a portion of northern Monterey County and a small section of San Benito County. The communities located within the district are the city of Watsonville and the CDPs of Amesti, Aptos, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, Aromas, Corralitos, Day Valley, Freedom, Interlaken, La Selva Beach, Los Lomas, Pajaro, Pajaro Dunes, Prunedale, Rio del Mar and Seacliff. [2]

Schools

Central Zone

North Zone

South Zone

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Pajaro Valley Unified". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. "The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas".