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The smallest public schools in San Diego County, California

Across San Diego County, California, 704 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the smallest total enrollment (schools with at least 10 students). Santee Alternative leads the list at 11, against a median of 482 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

704

San Diego County, California

Best Students

Median Students

482

SMALLEST · SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Santee Alternative	Santee, CA	Santee	Elementary	11
2	Sunrise High (Continuation)	Pine Valley, CA	Mountain Empire Unified	High	13
3	ALBA	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Combined	20
4	Empower	El Cajon, CA	Cajon Valley Union	Elementary	21
5	REACH Academy	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	21
6	Future Bound Independent Study Secondary	Ramona, CA	Ramona City Unified	High	23
7	Alta Vista Academy	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	27
8	San Diego County Special Education	Imperial Beach, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	Combined	28
9	Davila Day	Chula Vista, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	Elementary	28
10	Hillside Junior/Senior High	Pine Valley, CA	Mountain Empire Unified	High	31
11	San Pasqual Academy	Escondido, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	High	33
12	Elite Academy	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	34
13	Grossmont Middle College High	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	37
14	Carlsbad Village Academy	Carlsbad, CA	Carlsbad Unified	High	38
15	Carlsbad Seaside Academy	Carlsbad, CA	Carlsbad Unified	Combined	38
16	Spencer Valley Elementary	Santa Ysabel, CA	Spencer Valley Elementary	Elementary	41
17	California Avenue Elementary	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	Elementary	42
18	Chaparral High	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	45
19	North Coastal Consortium Schools	San Marcos, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	Combined	46
20	Trust Blended Learning	Spring Valley, CA	La Mesa-Spring Valley	Elementary	52
21	Oceanside Unified School District Adult Transition Program	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	High	55
22	Valley Center Prep	Valley Center, CA	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	Combined	56
23	Mountain View Learning Academy	Alpine, CA	Alpine Union Elementary	Elementary	64
24	Home & Hosp/Transition Support	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Combined	66
25	MERIT Academy	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	68
26	Vista Visions Academy	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	Combined	68
27	Ivy High (Continuation)	Fallbrook, CA	Fallbrook Union High	High	69
28	Options Secondary	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	69
29	Vivian Banks Charter	Pala, CA	Bonsall Unified	Elementary	71
30	East Hills Academy	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	71
31	Oasis High (Alternative)	Fallbrook, CA	Fallbrook Union High	High	74
32	Whittier K-12	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Combined	77
33	Oak Glen High	Valley Center, CA	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	High	78
34	All Tribes Charter	Valley Center, CA	All Tribes Charter District	High	82
35	Borrego Springs Middle	Borrego Springs, CA	Borrego Springs Unified	Middle	83
36	All Tribes Elementary Charter	Valley Center, CA	All Tribes Elementary Charter District	Elementary	84
37	Barona Indian Charter	Lakeside, CA	Barona Indian Charter District	Elementary	86
38	Sunset High (Continuation)	Encinitas, CA	San Dieguito Union High	High	87
39	Poway to Palomar Middle College High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	88
40	Alta Vista High (Continuation)	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	90
41	Montecito High (Continuation)	Ramona, CA	Ramona City Unified	High	92
42	Warner Junior/Senior High	Warner Springs, CA	Warner Unified	High	98
43	Foothills High	San Marcos, CA	San Marcos Unified	High	101
44	Whitman Elementary	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	Elementary	102
45	Warner Elementary	Warner Springs, CA	Warner Unified	Elementary	106
46	Vista Adult Transition Center	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	107
47	McGill School of Success	San Diego, CA	McGill School of Success District	Elementary	108
48	Holly Drive Leadership Academy	San Diego, CA	Holly Drive Leadership Academy District	Elementary	108
49	Borrego Springs High	Borrego Springs, CA	Borrego Springs Unified	High	108
50	Julian Junior High	Julian, CA	Julian Union Elementary	Middle	110

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