U.S. News and World Report ranked the 100 best high schools in the country. Among the top ten was Pacific Collegiate Charter School.
For the third consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report ranked the 100 best high schools in the country. Among the top ten of the 21,786 schools examined, was Pacific Collegiate Charter School, the only charter school in Santa Cruz County. The newspaper noted its insistence that students obtain a C before progressing to the next grade, and the schools commitment to community service. The ranking was especially notable because of the severe budget restraints faced by schools across the country, and especially in California. In 2007 the school ranked 2nd in the nation, and in 2008 it ranked 3rd.
The Pacific Collegiate School was founded in 1999 by Reed Hastings, who formerly served as President of the California State Board of Education. It has a student body of just under 450. Its curriculum emphasized international, cross-cultural, and technological education, and the school insists that students master a second language, offering French, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese. The school recently hired a new principal, Archie Douglas. Read More at U.S. News and World Report.
