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Enrollment
2,463
High
DISTRICT 1,146 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEANSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 062825004360
El Camino High
400 Rancho del Oro Dr., Oceanside, CA 92057 · (760) 901-8000 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,463 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of California public high schools
- B-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.
- B+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
23.3:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
1,651 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 611 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 624 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 605 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 623 | 25% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
53.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.6pp since 2014
Math
31.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.0% | 26.6% | 21.1% | 25.3% |
| Math | 13.4% | 18.5% | 21.1% | 47.1% |
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 | 53.6% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 26.6% |
| 2022-23 | 52.3% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.9% | 27.6% |
| 2020-21 | 56.3% | 35.0% |
| 2018-19 | 55.0% | 27.3% |
| 2017-18 | 61.8% | 36.5% |
| 2016-17 | 58.8% | 43.5% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Camino High
El Camino High's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino High this school | 2,463 | 67.0% | 40.0% |
| Temescal Canyon High Lake Elsinore | 2,373 | 67.8% | 44.2% |
| Manteca High Manteca | 1,907 | 67.0% | 38.1% |
| Paloma Valley High Menifee | 2,487 | 63.5% | 45.4% |
| Polytechnic High Riverside | 2,484 | 70.4% | 48.5% |
| Upland High Upland | 2,797 | 69.5% | 50.2% |
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 Camino High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #530 of 1,052 | #44 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #395 of 1,056 ▲ 37 | #33 of 70 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #619 of 1,056 ▲ 84 | #48 of 70 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #345 of 1,044 | #26 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,463 | #111 of 2,093 | #9 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #1,023 of 1,352 | #57 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #488 of 1,351 | #53 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #918 of 1,575 | #54 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #289 of 802 | #22 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
2,463
-364 (-13%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,688
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 2,463 | 105.9 | 23.3:1 | 67% (1,651) |
| 2023-24 | 2,526 | 106.5 | 23.7:1 | 69% (1,752) |
| 2022-23 | 2,637 | 109 | 24.2:1 | 66% (1,749) |
| 2020-21 | 2,827 | 110 | 25.7:1 | 58% (1,646) |
| 2017-18 | 2,900 | 114.7 | 25.3:1 | 49% (1,431) |
| 2015-16 | 3,053 | 116 | 26.3:1 | 47% (1,441) |
| 2010-11 | 3,104 | N/A | N/A | 44% (1,364) |
| 2000-01 | 2,721 | 113 | 24.1:1 | 26% (711) |
| 1990-91 | 1,688 | 70 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Camino High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (2,900 to 2,463); teachers down 8% (114.7 to 105.9).
About El Camino High
El Camino High is a high school with a street address in Oceanside, California. The school enrolls 2,463 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in California enroll around 838, and this school is 194% larger than that mark.
Oceanside Unified operates 23 schools. Combined enrollment is 14,866 students.
More than half of the students at El Camino High are Hispanic (62%). Next come 17% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Black. That compares with about 35% Hispanic among all San Diego County residents. The diversity index for El Camino High is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 105.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 67% of the student body. It compares with 54% for public schools in San Diego County.
On the allk12 Grade, El Camino High lands at B-, ahead of 53% of California public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for El Camino High is -0.3 points: 40.0% actual, 40.3% predicted.
The school's county is San Diego County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 766 public schools in the county, enrolling about 467,437, El Camino High among them.
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of El Camino High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, El Camino High ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Federal data place El Camino High in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 2,827 to 2,463, a 13% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 25.7:1 to 23.3:1.
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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 Oceanside Unified
- Oceanside HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 1,098 students
- North Terrace ElementaryElementary · 771 students
- Louise Foussat ElementaryElementary · 755 students
- Ivey Ranch ElementaryElementary · 698 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 621 students
Other schools in Oceanside
- Coastal Academy CharterCombined · 2,015 students
- Oceanside HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Mission Vista HighHigh · 1,670 students
- SIATechHigh · 1,174 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 1,158 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 1,098 students
Other El Camino High schools
3 other US public schools in 1 state are named El Camino High. El Camino High is the largest of the 4.
- El Camino HighSouth San Francisco, CA · 1,053 students
- El Camino HighVentura, CA · 221 students
- El Camino HighRohnert Park, CA · 48 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle0.5 mi · 1,098
- Pacific View Charter0.5 mi · 562
- Scholarship Prep - Oceanside0.9 mi · 626
- Ivey Ranch Elementary0.9 mi · 698
- Pablo Tac School of the Arts1.0 mi · 425
- Nichols Elementary1.3 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About El Camino HighHow large is El Camino High?
El Camino High enrolls approximately 2,463 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does El Camino High serve?
El Camino High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does El Camino High have?
El Camino High employs 106 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at El Camino High?
At El Camino High, the student body is approximately 17% White, 62% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is El Camino High public or private?
El Camino High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oceanside Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.