Canyon Crest Academy

Canyon Crest Academy, a well-populated 9-12 campus in San Diego, California, run under San Dieguito Union High, caters to 2,147 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Canyon Crest Academy sits 156% above that benchmark.

Within San Dieguito Union High, which oversees 10 schools and 12,026 students, Canyon Crest Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Canyon Crest Academy lists that the most-represented group is Asian (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 34% White, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Canyon Crest Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Canyon Crest Academy ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 72.7%; Canyon Crest Academy posts 87.2%, +14.5 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Canyon Crest Academy is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

The closest other public school is Pacific Trails Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Canyon Crest Academy ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 80.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Canyon Crest Academy's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 2,576 (now 2,147). White enrollment moved from 57% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 25.8:1 today.

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