Canyon Hills High

As a medium-sized senior high in San Diego, California, Canyon Hills High enrolls 1,183 students from grades 9 through 12, run under San Diego Unified. That puts it 41% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 174 schools in San Diego Unified (94,828 students total), Canyon Hills High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Canyon Hills High reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% White, 13% multiracial, 11% Asian, 8% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.2:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at Canyon Hills High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Canyon Hills High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.6%, the actual is 34.6%, a residual of -10.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Diego County) reports that 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%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Canyon Hills High is one.

The closest other public school is Farb Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Canyon Hills High at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 1,579 students in 2018 compared to 1,183 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 in 2025.

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