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Does Chula Vista Senior High have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,864
High
DISTRICT 1,402 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEETWATER UNION HIGH·NCES 063864006479
Chula Vista Senior High
820 Fourth Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91911 · (619) 476-5824 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,864 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of California public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
1,493 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 433 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 467 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 463 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 501 | 27% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.5pp since 2014
Math
15.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.6% | 30.9% | 25.5% | 29.0% |
| Math | 5.8% | 9.4% | 22.9% | 61.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 11.6% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 13.6% |
| 2021-22 | 43.7% | 10.4% |
| 2020-21 | 49.8% | 24.0% |
| 2018-19 | 38.4% | 11.6% |
| 2017-18 | 46.8% | 17.8% |
| 2016-17 | 46.3% | 16.6% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 23.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chula Vista Senior High
Chula Vista Senior High's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chula Vista Senior High this school | 1,864 | 80.1% | 28.6% |
| Madera High Madera | 1,869 | 81.8% | 36.1% |
| Shadow Hills High Indio | 1,650 | 80.1% | 29.8% |
| Reedley High Reedley | 1,804 | 80.1% | 58.1% |
| Jurupa Valley High Jurupa Valley | 1,693 | 81.6% | 28.9% |
| San Ysidro High San Diego | 1,941 | 78.3% | 29.4% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chula Vista Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #837 of 1,052 | #61 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #826 of 1,056 ▲ 48 | #64 of 70 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #789 of 1,056 ▲ 36 | #57 of 70 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #447 of 1,044 | #34 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,864 | #363 of 2,093 | #28 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #628 of 1,352 | #29 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.6% | #1,034 of 1,351 | #89 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #609 of 1,575 | #28 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #132 of 802 | #7 of 57 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,864
-407 (-18%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,919
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 22.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,864 | 90.8 | 20.5:1 | 80% (1,493) |
| 2023-24 | 1,980 | 92.9 | 21.3:1 | 81% (1,595) |
| 2022-23 | 2,053 | 105.3 | 19.5:1 | 77% (1,574) |
| 2020-21 | 2,271 | 102 | 22.3:1 | 70% (1,586) |
| 2017-18 | 2,420 | 108.9 | 22.2:1 | 73% (1,773) |
| 2015-16 | 2,598 | 96 | 27.1:1 | 73% (1,908) |
| 2010-11 | 2,670 | N/A | N/A | 68% (1,813) |
| 2000-01 | 2,620 | 119 | 22.0:1 | 57% (1,501) |
| 1990-91 | 1,919 | 75 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chula Vista Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (2,420 to 1,864); teachers down 17% (108.9 to 90.8).
About Chula Vista Senior High
A large high school in Chula Vista, California, Chula Vista Senior High is part of Sweetwater Union High. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,864 students. It has 122% more students than the average for high schools in California (about 838).
Sweetwater Union High counts 28 schools and 33,517 students, including Chula Vista Senior High.
Of every 100 students at Chula Vista Senior High, about 86 are Hispanic. The remaining students are 8% White, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. Census figures show San Diego County is about 35% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 20.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Chula Vista Senior High, which has 90.8. High schools in California average 18.2:1, 2.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Chula Vista Senior High is about 80%. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in San Diego County.
On the allk12 Grade, Chula Vista Senior High lands at C-, ahead of 22% of California public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 32.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for San Diego County show that the median household earns about $106,268 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. San Diego County has 766 public schools with about 467,437 students, including Chula Vista Senior High.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary, is about 0.3 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Chula Vista Senior High ranks 4th of 6 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Chula Vista Senior High had a net loss of 407 students, or 18%. By 2024-25, the school had 20.5 students per teacher, compared with 22.3 in 2020-21.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sweetwater Union High
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
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- Sweetwater HighHigh · 2,290 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- San Ysidro HighHigh · 1,941 students
Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
- Rancho del Rey MiddleMiddle · 1,705 students
Nearby schools
- Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary0.3 mi · 613
- Chula Vista Learning Community Charter0.3 mi · 1,397
- Mueller Charter (Robert L.)1.0 mi · 1,542
- Chula Vista Middle1.0 mi · 678
- Harborside Elementary1.0 mi · 524
- Vista Square Elementary1.0 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Chula Vista Senior HighHow large is Chula Vista Senior High?
Chula Vista Senior High enrolls approximately 1,864 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Chula Vista Senior High serve?
Chula Vista Senior High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Chula Vista Senior High have?
Chula Vista Senior High employs 91 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
How diverse is Chula Vista Senior High?
Chula Vista Senior High reports a student body of 8% White, 86% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Chula Vista Senior High in?
Chula Vista Senior High is part of Sweetwater Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.