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The smallest public high schools in San Diego, California

Across San Diego, California, 47 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the smallest total enrollment (schools with at least 10 students). Options Secondary leads the list at 69, against a median of 1,175 across the ranked schools.

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San Diego, California

Best Students

Median Students

1,175

SMALLEST · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Options Secondary	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	69
2	Poway to Palomar Middle College High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	88
3	San Diego Metro Career and Tech	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	119
4	East Village Middle College High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	138
5	City Heights Preparatory Charter	San Diego, CA	City Heights Preparatory Charter District	High	160
6	Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter	San Diego, CA	Mono County Office of Education	High	198
7	King-Chavez Community High	San Diego, CA	King-Chavez Community High District	High	226
8	Garfield High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	226
9	School for Entrepreneurship and Technology	San Diego, CA	School for Entrepreneurship and Technology District	High	247
10	Twain High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	293
11	Kearny Eng Innov & Design	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	297
12	Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	313
13	Kearny College Connections	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	339
14	Kearny Digital Media & Design	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	349
15	High Tech High Media Arts	San Diego, CA	High Tech High Media Arts District	High	355
16	High Tech High International	San Diego, CA	High Tech High International District	High	359
17	e3 Civic High	San Diego, CA	e3 Civic High District	High	360
18	High Tech High	San Diego, CA	High Tech High District	High	412
19	High Tech High Mesa	San Diego, CA	High Tech High Mesa District	High	435
20	TRACE	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	437
21	Health Sciences High and Middle College	San Diego, CA	Health Sciences High and Middle College District	High	535
22	Madison High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	780
23	Clairemont High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	823
24	Gompers Preparatory Academy	San Diego, CA	Gompers Preparatory Academy District	High	1,175
25	Canyon Hills High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,183
26	Mission Bay High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,240
27	San Diego SCPA	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,297
28	Crawford High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,318
29	Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego	San Diego, CA	Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego District	High	1,375
30	University City High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,465
31	Lincoln High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,487
32	Southwest Senior High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,563
33	Montgomery Senior High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,568
34	Morse High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,591
35	San Diego High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,602
36	Point Loma High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,724
37	Mt. Carmel High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	1,800
38	Scripps Ranch High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	1,890
39	San Ysidro High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	1,941
40	Hoover High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	2,011
41	Westview High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	2,116
42	Canyon Crest Academy	San Diego, CA	San Dieguito Union High	High	2,147
43	Mira Mesa High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	2,187
44	Rancho Bernardo High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	2,210
45	Henry High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	2,485
46	Torrey Pines High	San Diego, CA	San Dieguito Union High	High	2,536
47	Del Norte High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	2,557

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