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The smallest public high schools in San Diego County, California

Across San Diego County, California, 135 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the smallest total enrollment (schools with at least 10 students). Sunrise High (Continuation) leads the list at 13, against a median of 932 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

135

San Diego County, California

Best Students

Median Students

932

SMALLEST · SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Sunrise High (Continuation)	Pine Valley, CA	Mountain Empire Unified	High	13
2	REACH Academy	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	21
3	Future Bound Independent Study Secondary	Ramona, CA	Ramona City Unified	High	23
4	Alta Vista Academy	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	27
5	Hillside Junior/Senior High	Pine Valley, CA	Mountain Empire Unified	High	31
6	San Pasqual Academy	Escondido, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	High	33
7	Elite Academy	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	34
8	Grossmont Middle College High	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	37
9	Carlsbad Village Academy	Carlsbad, CA	Carlsbad Unified	High	38
10	Chaparral High	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	45
11	Oceanside Unified School District Adult Transition Program	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	High	55
12	MERIT Academy	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	68
13	Ivy High (Continuation)	Fallbrook, CA	Fallbrook Union High	High	69
14	Options Secondary	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	69
15	East Hills Academy	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	71
16	Oasis High (Alternative)	Fallbrook, CA	Fallbrook Union High	High	74
17	Oak Glen High	Valley Center, CA	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	High	78
18	All Tribes Charter	Valley Center, CA	All Tribes Charter District	High	82
19	Sunset High (Continuation)	Encinitas, CA	San Dieguito Union High	High	87
20	Poway to Palomar Middle College High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	High	88
21	Alta Vista High (Continuation)	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	90
22	Montecito High (Continuation)	Ramona, CA	Ramona City Unified	High	92
23	Warner Junior/Senior High	Warner Springs, CA	Warner Unified	High	98
24	Foothills High	San Marcos, CA	San Marcos Unified	High	101
25	Vista Adult Transition Center	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	107
26	Borrego Springs High	Borrego Springs, CA	Borrego Springs Unified	High	108
27	Julian High	Julian, CA	Julian Union High	High	112
28	Surfside High (Continuation)	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside Unified	High	119
29	San Diego Metro Career and Tech	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	119
30	IDEA Center	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	127
31	East Village Middle College High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	138
32	North County Trade Tech High	Vista, CA	North County Trade Tech High District	High	145
33	Major General Raymond Murray High	Vista, CA	Vista Unified	High	146
34	Altus Schools North County	Escondido, CA	Altus Schools North County District	High	149
35	City Heights Preparatory Charter	San Diego, CA	City Heights Preparatory Charter District	High	160
36	MAAC Community Charter	Chula Vista, CA	MAAC Community Charter District	High	171
37	Twin Oaks High	San Marcos, CA	San Marcos Unified	High	192
38	Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter	San Diego, CA	Mono County Office of Education	High	198
39	Abraxas Continuation High	Poway, CA	Poway Unified	High	216
40	King-Chavez Community High	San Diego, CA	King-Chavez Community High District	High	226
41	Garfield High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	226
42	River Valley Charter	Lakeside, CA	River Valley Charter District	High	231
43	School for Entrepreneurship and Technology	San Diego, CA	School for Entrepreneurship and Technology District	High	247
44	Valley High (Continuation)	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	High	269
45	Palomar High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	269
46	Altus Schools East County	El Cajon, CA	Altus Schools East County District	High	287
47	Twain High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	293
48	Kearny Eng Innov & Design	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	297
49	Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	313
50	Kearny College Connections	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	High	339

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