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The highest-poverty public high schools in San Diego, California

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in San Diego, California, drawn from 45 qualifying public high schools. City Heights Preparatory Charter leads the list at 100%, against a median of 71.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

San Diego, California

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

71.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	City Heights Preparatory Charter	San Diego, CA	City Heights Preparatory Charter District	High	160	100%
2	Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter	San Diego, CA	Mono County Office of Education	High	198	100%
3	King-Chavez Community High	San Diego, CA	King-Chavez Community High District	High	226	96.9%
4	Garfield High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	226	95.1%
5	Crawford High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,318	92.9%
6	Lincoln High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,487	89.8%
7	Hoover High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	2,011	89.2%
8	Twain High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	293	88.1%
9	TRACE	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	437	87.2%
10	Southwest Senior High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,563	84.4%
11	Gompers Preparatory Academy	San Diego, CA	Gompers Preparatory Academy District	High	1,175	83.0%
12	Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	313	81.5%
13	Madison High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	780	80.8%
14	Montgomery Senior High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,568	80.7%
15	Morse High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,591	80.1%
16	San Ysidro High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,941	78.3%
17	Kearny Eng Innov & Design	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	297	76.8%
18	Kearny College Connections	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	339	76.4%
19	e3 Civic High	San Diego, CA	e3 Civic High District	High	360	76.1%
20	Kearny Digital Media & Design	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	349	73.6%
21	Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego	San Diego, CA	Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego District	High	1,375	72.9%
22	Health Sciences High and Middle College	San Diego, CA	Health Sciences High and Middle College District	High	535	72.0%
23	San Diego High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,602	71.0%
24	East Village Middle College High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	138	65.2%
25	Canyon Hills High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,183	58.5%
26	San Diego SCPA	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,297	58.4%
27	Clairemont High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	823	57.4%
28	Mira Mesa High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	2,187	57.1%
29	High Tech High International	San Diego, CA	High Tech High International District	High	359	50.4%
30	San Diego Metro Career and Tech	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	119	49.6%
31	University City High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,465	48.9%
32	High Tech High	San Diego, CA	High Tech High District	High	412	47.1%
33	Mission Bay High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,240	44.4%
34	Point Loma High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,724	43.3%
35	High Tech High Media Arts	San Diego, CA	High Tech High Media Arts District	High	355	43.1%
36	Henry High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	2,485	41.6%
37	High Tech High Mesa	San Diego, CA	High Tech High Mesa District	High	435	40.5%
38	School for Entrepreneurship and Technology	San Diego, CA	School for Entrepreneurship and Technology District	High	247	22.7%
39	Scripps Ranch High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,890	19.8%
40	Torrey Pines High	San Diego, CA	San Dieguito Union High	High	2,536	17.7%
41	Mt. Carmel High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	1,800	17.4%
42	Rancho Bernardo High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	2,210	15.2%
43	Westview High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	2,116	11.9%
44	Canyon Crest Academy	San Diego, CA	San Dieguito Union High	High	2,147	11.4%
45	Del Norte High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	2,557	9.5%

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