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Enrollment
1,701
High
DISTRICT 1,093 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GROSSMONT UNION HIGH·NCES 061623002018
El Cajon Valley High
1035 East Madison Ave., El Cajon, CA 92021 · (619) 407-4711 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,701 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
20.8:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
1,511 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 407 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 421 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 433 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 440 | 26% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
28.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
10.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.2% | 19.1% | 24.6% | 47.1% |
| Math | 2.3% | 8.4% | 13.6% | 75.6% |
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 | 28.3% | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 11.7% |
| 2022-23 | 40.5% | 15.8% |
| 2021-22 | 34.8% | 10.7% |
| 2020-21 | 45.9% | 21.9% |
| 2018-19 | 27.6% | 10.2% |
| 2017-18 | 41.3% | 15.7% |
| 2016-17 | 44.6% | 17.8% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
20.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 El Cajon Valley High
El Cajon Valley High's state test result (20.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Cajon Valley High this school | 1,701 | 88.8% | 20.2% |
| North High Bakersfield | 2,135 | 87.4% | 29.7% |
| Ulysses S. Grant Senior High Van Nuys | 1,774 | 94.7% | 45.2% |
| Foothill High Sacramento | 1,417 | 92.2% | 24.6% |
| Rio Linda High Rio Linda | 1,594 | 83.0% | 39.1% |
| Wheatland Union High Wheatland | 1,063 | 74.8% | 41.4% |
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 El Cajon Valley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #996 of 1,052 | #69 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #949 of 1,056 ▼ 81 | #70 of 70 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,011 of 1,056 ▼ 35 | #69 of 70 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #203 of 1,044 | #14 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,701 | #440 of 2,093 | #40 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #655 of 1,352 | #32 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #180 of 1,351 | #14 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #339 of 1,575 | #16 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #541 of 802 | #41 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
1,701
+108 (+7%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 1,910
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 1,701 | 82 | 20.8:1 | 89% (1,511) |
| 2023-24 | 1,672 | 15.1 | 111.0:1 | 93% (1,557) |
| 2022-23 | 1,652 | 77 | 21.5:1 | 91% (1,504) |
| 2020-21 | 1,593 | 72 | 22.1:1 | 88% (1,401) |
| 2017-18 | 1,838 | 71.9 | 25.6:1 | 89% (1,640) |
| 2015-16 | 1,772 | 78 | 22.7:1 | 87% (1,546) |
| 2010-11 | 2,278 | N/A | N/A | 63% (1,426) |
| 2000-01 | 2,160 | 95 | 22.7:1 | 68% (1,474) |
| 1990-91 | 1,910 | 67 | 28.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Cajon Valley High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,838 to 1,701); teachers up 14% (71.9 to 82).
About El Cajon Valley High
El Cajon Valley High sits in El Cajon, California, and is classified as a high school. The school serves 1,701 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. The average among high schools in California is roughly 838 students; this school is 103% larger than that.
Grossmont Union High runs 15 schools with a combined 16,401 students. El Cajon Valley High is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at El Cajon Valley High, at 41%. Enrollment also includes 37% White, 9% Black, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. El Cajon Valley High's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 82 full-time-equivalent teachers at El Cajon Valley High in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.8:1. That is 2.6 students per teacher above the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 89%. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in San Diego County.
The allk12 Grade for El Cajon Valley High is D. Compared with California public high schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
El Cajon Valley High's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (20.2%) and its predicted rate (27.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
In the county around the school, San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 766 public schools in San Diego County, enrolling about 467,437 students in all.
The school nearest to El Cajon Valley High is Naranca Elementary, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, El Cajon Valley High places 1st out of 4 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, El Cajon Valley High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 7% from 2020-21, when El Cajon Valley High had 1,593 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,701. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.1:1 to 20.8:1 over the same years.
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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 Grossmont Union High
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Grossmont HighHigh · 2,172 students
- El Capitan HighHigh · 1,810 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- West Hills HighHigh · 1,624 students
- Santana HighHigh · 1,621 students
Other schools in El Cajon
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Literacy First CharterCombined · 2,160 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Bostonia GlobalCombined · 1,266 students
- Naranca ElementaryElementary · 985 students
Nearby schools
- Naranca Elementary0.4 mi · 985
- Empower0.4 mi · 21
- Cajon Valley Middle0.5 mi · 942
- Lexington Elementary0.7 mi · 878
- Diego Valley East Public Charter0.7 mi · 408
- Elite Academy0.8 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About El Cajon Valley HighHow many students attend El Cajon Valley High?
El Cajon Valley High enrolls approximately 1,701 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does El Cajon Valley High serve?
El Cajon Valley High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at El Cajon Valley High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at El Cajon Valley High is approximately 20.8:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at El Cajon Valley High?
At El Cajon Valley High, the student body is approximately 37% White, 41% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is El Cajon Valley High public or private?
El Cajon Valley High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grossmont Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.