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Enrollment
2,557
High
DISTRICT 1,584 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POWAY UNIFIED·NCES 063153012216
Del Norte High
16601 Nighthawk Ln., San Diego, CA 92127 · (858) 487-0877 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,557 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of California public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
23.8:1
107 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
244 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 631 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 654 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 629 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 643 | 25% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
84.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.6pp since 2014
Math
74.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 55.0% | 29.4% | 10.4% | 5.1% |
| Math | 48.5% | 25.9% | 14.7% | 11.0% |
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 | 84.4% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 83.2% | 76.9% |
| 2022-23 | 85.5% | 76.8% |
| 2021-22 | 84.4% | 76.1% |
| 2018-19 | 86.7% | 82.1% |
| 2017-18 | 72.8% | 67.7% |
| 2016-17 | 89.8% | 77.5% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 73.0% |
| 2014-15 | 88.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Del Norte High
Del Norte High's state test result (79.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Norte High this school | 2,557 | 9.5% | 79.7% |
| Canyon Crest Academy San Diego | 2,147 | 11.4% | 88.4% |
| Westview High San Diego | 2,116 | 11.9% | 79.8% |
| California High San Ramon | 2,894 | 8.7% | 65.0% |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula High Rolling Hills Estates | 2,075 | 11.8% | 81.0% |
| Amador Valley High Pleasanton | 2,583 | 8.2% | 75.5% |
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 Del Norte High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #29 of 1,052 | #3 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #27 of 1,056 ▼ 10 | #2 of 70 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #56 of 1,056 ▲ 14 | #4 of 70 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #335 of 1,044 | #23 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,557 | #88 of 2,093 | #4 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #1,092 of 1,352 | #63 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #234 of 1,351 | #21 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.5% | #1,551 of 1,575 | #112 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.9% | #59 of 327 | #4 of 17 |
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
2,557
+76 (+3%) vs 2020
+115% since 2010-11, when it was 1,192
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 27.3:1
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 | 2,557 | 107.3 | 23.8:1 | 10% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 2,564 | 102.7 | 25.0:1 | 10% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 2,531 | 95.3 | 26.6:1 | 10% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 2,481 | 91 | 27.3:1 | 9% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 2,168 | 81.8 | 26.5:1 | 11% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 2,032 | 71 | 28.6:1 | 11% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 1,192 | N/A | N/A | 7% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Norte High.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (2,168 to 2,557); teachers up 31% (81.8 to 107.3).
About Del Norte High
Students in San Diego, California, attend Del Norte High, a large high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,557 students. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.
Poway Unified serves 34,259 students across 39 schools.
The biggest share of students at Del Norte High, 44%, is Asian. Next come 36% White, 10% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. That compares with about 12% Asian among all San Diego County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
With 107.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.8:1. Statewide, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Roughly 10% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Diego County is 54%.
Del Norte High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of California public high schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 73.9%. Del Norte High scores 79.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for San Diego County show that median household income comes to about $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. San Diego County counts 766 public schools with about 467,437 students.
Design 39 Campus sits about 0.2 miles from Del Norte High. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Del Norte High ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Del Norte High as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 3% across 4 years, from 2,481 in 2020-21 to 2,557 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 27.3:1 to 23.8:1.
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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 Poway Unified
- Rancho Bernardo HighHigh · 2,210 students
- Westview HighHigh · 2,116 students
- Poway HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Mt. Carmel HighHigh · 1,800 students
- Oak Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,503 students
- Bernardo Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,487 students
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- Torrey Pines HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Henry HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Rancho Bernardo HighHigh · 2,210 students
- Mira Mesa HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Canyon Crest AcademyHigh · 2,147 students
- Westview HighHigh · 2,116 students
Other Del Norte High schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Del Norte High. Del Norte High is the largest of the 3.
- Del Norte HighCrescent City, CA · 918 students
- DEL NORTE HIGHALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1,079 students
Nearby schools
- Design 39 Campus0.2 mi · 1,216
- Stone Ranch Elementary0.8 mi · 692
- Monterey Ridge Elementary1.1 mi · 770
- Del Sur Elementary1.1 mi · 891
- Oak Valley Middle1.2 mi · 1,503
- Poway to Palomar Middle College High1.9 mi · 88
Frequently asked questions
About Del Norte HighHow large is Del Norte High?
Del Norte High enrolls approximately 2,557 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Del Norte High serve?
Del Norte High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Del Norte High have?
Del Norte High employs 107 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Del Norte High?
Student demographics at Del Norte High are roughly 36% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 44% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Del Norte High public or private?
Del Norte High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Poway Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.