21 homes in zoned to Ocean Alternative Education Center
Santa Cruz, CA
These are homes for sale inside the attendance boundary for Ocean Alternative Education Center in Santa Cruz (Topfind School Score: 7/10). Every home here is actually assigned to this school per the official attendance zone, not just nearby. This zone has 76 active listings.
Topfind Market Read
Buyers hold the edge right now. The typical home takes about 76 days to sell, and 6.3 months of supply is more than current demand absorbs. Buyers are firmly in control and can negotiate hard, while sellers need sharp pricing to draw attention.
Median Home Price
$1.40M
↓ 19% over the past yearChart shows the median closed sale price by month
Months of Supply
Estimated time to sell all listings at the current sales pace
6.3 months of supply
Ample Supply76 active listings, plenty of options to choose from.
What this means for buyers
There is more inventory than recent sales absorb, so buyers have plenty of options and stronger footing to negotiate price and terms. Listings typically sell in ~76 days.
Sales Velocity
How fast homes are selling
Homes are sitting on the market, so buyers often have strong leverage to negotiate price, terms, and repairs. The trend is moving the other way though, with selling times down 6% over the last six months.
Inventory Distribution
A solid share of current listings is under 30 days old, while a meaningful share has been up longer.
About 46% of current listings are under 30 days old, while the rest have been up longer.
Housing Tenure in Ocean Alternative Education Center Area
Renting is more common here than statewide, so this market has more rental inventory and shorter-term residents.
48%
Homeowners
52%
Renters
Homeownership is 7.5 points lower than the California average (55.5%)
21,669 households (2023)
Median Price by Bedroom
Larger homes command significantly higher prices, with sharp increases beyond 3 bedrooms.
Each additional bedroom adds about $1.2M in value on average, with larger homes seeing bigger price jumps.
Largest increase: 4 → 6 bedrooms (+$2.0M)
Price Reductions
33 listings have reduced their price
43% of active listings
Average reduction: 6.7% (~$94K)
Ocean Alternative Education Center serves students at the elementary level within the Live Oak Elementary district. Its Topfind School Score is 7. This page is limited to homes zoned to Ocean Alternative Education Center, based on its mapped attendance boundary. The Ocean Alternative Education Center attendance zone currently shows a median list price of $1.4M. Compared with Santa Cruz overall, that is a 5.5% discount. There are 76 homes currently listed for sale in the Ocean Alternative Education Center attendance zone. Over the last six months, the median price has eased about 1.7%, from $1.4M in February to $1.4M in July.
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There are currently 76 homes for sale in Ocean Alternative Education Center Area, ranging from $235,000 to $6,250,000. 11 of them hit the market within the last week.
The median list price in Ocean Alternative Education Center Area is $1,399,000. Price per square foot averages $1198. Prices are down 19.5% compared to a year ago.
Homes in Ocean Alternative Education Center Area currently average 76 days on the market, a slower pace that gives buyers more time to evaluate and negotiate.