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The public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in San Diego County, California

96 public high schools in San Diego County, California appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Twain High leads the list at 9.7:1, against a median of 22.2:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

San Diego County, California

Best Students/teacher

9.7:1

Median Students/teacher

22.2:1

LOWEST RATIO · SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Twain High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	293	9.7:1
2	Abraxas Continuation High	Poway, CA	Poway Unified	High	216	9.8:1
3	Garfield High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	226	10.3:1
4	King-Chavez Community High	San Diego, CA	King-Chavez Community High District	High	226	12.3:1
5	TRACE	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	437	12.6:1
6	Palomar High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	269	13.3:1
7	Valley High (Continuation)	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	High	269	14.8:1
8	Bonsall High	Bonsall, CA	Bonsall Unified	High	342	16.1:1
9	Vista High	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	1,746	16.6:1
10	High Tech High Media Arts	San Diego, CA	High Tech High Media Arts District	High	355	16.9:1
11	Escondido Charter High	Escondido, CA	Escondido Charter High District	High	932	17.3:1
12	e3 Civic High	San Diego, CA	e3 Civic High District	High	360	17.6:1
13	High Tech High International	San Diego, CA	High Tech High International District	High	359	17.9:1
14	Coronado High	Coronado, CA	Coronado Unified	High	999	18.1:1
15	Escondido High	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	High	1,656	18.3:1
16	Mountain Empire High	Pine Valley, CA	Mountain Empire Unified	High	412	18.8:1
17	Rancho Buena Vista High	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	1,949	19.0:1
18	High Tech High Chula Vista	Chula Vista, CA	High Tech High Chula Vista District	High	626	19.1:1
19	Orange Glen High	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	High	1,788	19.1:1
20	Preuss School UCSD	La Jolla, CA	Preuss School UCSD District	High	825	19.2:1
21	High Tech High North County	San Marcos, CA	High Tech High North County District	High	409	19.5:1
22	River Valley Charter	Lakeside, CA	River Valley Charter District	High	231	19.5:1
23	High Tech High	San Diego, CA	High Tech High District	High	412	19.6:1
24	School for Entrepreneurship and Technology	San Diego, CA	School for Entrepreneurship and Technology District	High	247	19.8:1
25	Monte Vista High	Spring Valley, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	1,543	20.1:1
26	San Pasqual High	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	High	1,846	20.3:1
27	Madison High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	780	20.4:1
28	Mission Bay High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,240	20.4:1
29	Chula Vista Senior High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,864	20.5:1
30	Health Sciences High and Middle College	San Diego, CA	Health Sciences High and Middle College District	High	535	20.6:1
31	Fallbrook High	Fallbrook, CA	Fallbrook Union High	High	1,853	20.6:1
32	El Cajon Valley High	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	1,701	20.8:1
33	Gompers Preparatory Academy	San Diego, CA	Gompers Preparatory Academy District	High	1,175	20.9:1
34	Poway High	Poway, CA	Poway Unified	High	2,101	21.6:1
35	Oceanside High	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	High	1,948	21.6:1
36	Mount Miguel High	Spring Valley, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	1,539	21.7:1
37	Bonita Vista Senior High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,960	21.7:1
38	Southwest Senior High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,563	21.7:1
39	High Tech High Mesa	San Diego, CA	High Tech High Mesa District	High	435	21.8:1
40	Ramona High	Ramona, CA	Ramona City Unified	High	1,404	21.8:1
41	Montgomery Senior High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,568	21.8:1
42	El Capitan High	Lakeside, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	1,810	21.9:1
43	Mission Vista High	Oceanside, CA	Vista Unified	High	1,670	21.9:1
44	Hilltop Senior High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,771	21.9:1
45	Morse High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,591	22.0:1
46	La Costa Canyon High	Carlsbad, CA	San Dieguito Union High	High	1,774	22.1:1
47	Castle Park Senior High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,363	22.1:1
48	Canyon Hills High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,183	22.2:1
49	Mar Vista Senior High	Imperial Beach, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,216	22.2:1
50	Clairemont High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	823	22.6:1

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