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

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in San Diego County, California, drawn from 112 qualifying public high schools. City Heights Preparatory Charter leads the list at 100%, against a median of 65.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

112

San Diego County, California

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

65.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SAN DIEGO COUNTY, 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	Borrego Springs High	Borrego Springs, CA	Borrego Springs Unified	High	108	93.5%
6	Crawford High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,318	92.9%
7	SIATech	Oceanside, CA	SIATech District	High	1,174	92.7%
8	Surfside High (Continuation)	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	High	119	92.4%
9	Valley High (Continuation)	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	High	269	91.4%
10	Preuss School UCSD	La Jolla, CA	Preuss School UCSD District	High	825	90.8%
11	Lincoln High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,487	89.8%
12	Major General Raymond Murray High	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	146	89.7%
13	Hoover High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	2,011	89.2%
14	Sweetwater High	National City, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	2,290	89.2%
15	Orange Glen High	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	High	1,788	89.0%
16	El Cajon Valley High	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	1,701	88.8%
17	Twain High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	293	88.1%
18	TRACE	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	437	87.2%
19	Vista High	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	1,746	84.7%
20	Southwest Senior High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,563	84.4%
21	Gompers Preparatory Academy	San Diego, CA	Gompers Preparatory Academy District	High	1,175	83.0%
22	Escondido High	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	High	1,656	82.7%
23	Castle Park Senior High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,363	82.3%
24	Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	313	81.5%
25	Madison High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	780	80.8%
26	Montgomery Senior High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,568	80.7%
27	Palomar High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	269	80.3%
28	Chula Vista Senior High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,864	80.1%
29	Morse High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,591	80.1%
30	Mount Miguel High	Spring Valley, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	1,539	79.3%
31	San Ysidro High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,941	78.3%
32	Hilltop Senior High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,771	77.4%
33	Mar Vista Senior High	Imperial Beach, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,216	76.9%
34	Kearny Eng Innov & Design	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	297	76.8%
35	San Diego Workforce Innovation High	National City, CA	San Diego Workforce Innovation High District	High	2,722	76.6%
36	Altus Schools North County	Escondido, CA	Altus Schools North County District	High	149	76.5%
37	Kearny College Connections	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	339	76.4%
38	Monte Vista High	Spring Valley, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	1,543	76.2%
39	e3 Civic High	San Diego, CA	e3 Civic High District	High	360	76.1%
40	Altus Schools South Bay	Chula Vista, CA	Altus Schools South Bay District	High	372	76.1%
41	Oceanside High	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	High	1,948	74.5%
42	Kearny Digital Media & Design	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	349	73.6%
43	San Pasqual High	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	High	1,846	73.2%
44	Altus Schools East County	El Cajon, CA	Altus Schools East County District	High	287	73.2%
45	Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego	San Diego, CA	Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego District	High	1,375	72.9%
46	Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	High	765	72.8%
47	Health Sciences High and Middle College	San Diego, CA	Health Sciences High and Middle College District	High	535	72.0%
48	Fallbrook High	Fallbrook, CA	Fallbrook Union High	High	1,853	71.8%
49	San Diego High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,602	71.0%
50	Rancho Buena Vista High	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	1,949	70.1%

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