Diego Hills Central Public Charter

Diego Hills Central Public Charter is a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels in California, with an address in San Diego. The school has 301 students in 2023-24 across kindergarten through 12. Combined schools in California have about 602 students on average; enrollment here is 50% lower.

Diego Hills Central Public Charter is listed under Diego Hills Central Public Charter District in federal data.

More than half of the students at Diego Hills Central Public Charter are Hispanic (65%). Other reported shares: 16% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% White. That compares with about 35% Hispanic among all San Diego County residents. The diversity index for Diego Hills Central Public Charter is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

On staff are 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.5:1. The average for combined schools in California is 18.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 87% of students at Diego Hills Central Public Charter are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in San Diego County.

In the wider San Diego County area, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Diego Hills Central Public Charter shares San Diego County with 765 other public schools.

Mann Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Locale data from NCES put Diego Hills Central Public Charter inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). Diego Hills Central Public Charter is run as a public charter school.

From 2020-21 to 2023-24, enrollment decreased from 381 to 301, a 21% decline.

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