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Enrollment
2,172
High
DISTRICT 1,093 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GROSSMONT UNION HIGH·NCES 061623002022
Grossmont High
1100 Murray Dr., La Mesa, CA 91944 · (619) 668-6000 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,172 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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.
- FThree-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
24.3:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
1,389 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 | 579 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 538 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 492 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 563 | 26% |
Student demographics
67%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
56.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.8pp since 2014
Math
24.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.1% | 27.1% | 23.4% | 20.4% |
| Math | 11.9% | 13.0% | 21.9% | 53.3% |
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 | 56.2% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.2% | 23.7% |
| 2022-23 | 59.5% | 23.2% |
| 2021-22 | 66.1% | 31.7% |
| 2020-21 | 59.4% | 36.4% |
| 2018-19 | 71.3% | 31.7% |
| 2017-18 | 71.5% | 36.8% |
| 2016-17 | 67.3% | 34.2% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Grossmont High
Grossmont High's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grossmont High this school | 2,172 | 64.0% | 41.5% |
| Murrieta Mesa High Murrieta | 2,066 | 59.7% | 55.1% |
| Apple Valley High Apple Valley | 2,211 | 66.4% | 28.6% |
| Helix High La Mesa | 2,554 | 65.5% | N/A |
| Redlands East Valley High Redlands | 1,845 | 60.8% | 50.3% |
| Bullard High Fresno | 2,485 | 64.9% | 34.7% |
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 Grossmont High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #489 of 1,052 | #38 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #530 of 1,056 ▼ 24 | #40 of 70 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #549 of 1,056 ▼ 134 | #45 of 70 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.3pp | #62 of 1,044 | #4 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,172 | #197 of 2,093 | #18 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #1,138 of 1,352 | #69 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #205 of 1,351 | #16 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.0% | #969 of 1,575 | #59 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #740 of 802 | #54 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
2,172
-133 (-6%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,850
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 2,172 | 89.3 | 24.3:1 | 64% (1,389) |
| 2023-24 | 2,079 | 6.1 | 339.7:1 | 63% (1,320) |
| 2022-23 | 2,175 | 89.3 | 24.4:1 | 59% (1,294) |
| 2020-21 | 2,305 | 90 | 25.6:1 | 58% (1,332) |
| 2017-18 | 2,219 | 88.5 | 25.1:1 | 52% (1,158) |
| 2015-16 | 2,296 | 95 | 24.2:1 | 60% (1,375) |
| 2010-11 | 2,607 | N/A | N/A | 22% (579) |
| 2000-01 | 2,131 | 85 | 25.1:1 | 22% (461) |
| 1990-91 | 1,850 | 68 | 27.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grossmont High.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (2,219 to 2,172); teachers up 1% (88.5 to 89.3).
About Grossmont High
Grossmont High is a high-enrollment high school serving families in La Mesa, California. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,172 students. That compares with an average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
Enrollment across the 15 schools in Grossmont Union High totals 16,401 students.
The largest group at Grossmont High is Hispanic students, at 46%. Other students are 33% White, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is higher than the 35% Hispanic share among all San Diego County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Grossmont High has 89.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.3:1. The gap from the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is 6.1 students per teacher. At Grossmont High, 64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 10 points lower.
Among California public high schools, Grossmont High outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
In California, Grossmont High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.5% actual against a predicted 42.1%.
In the wider San Diego County area, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Grossmont High shares San Diego County with 765 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Northmont Elementary, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Grossmont High is 4th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 6%. The school's ratio dropped from 25.6:1 to 24.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Grossmont High community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- El Capitan HighHigh · 1,810 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Cajon Valley HighHigh · 1,701 students
- West Hills HighHigh · 1,624 students
- Santana HighHigh · 1,621 students
Other schools in La Mesa
- Helix HighHigh · 2,554 students
- La Mesa Arts AcademyMiddle · 1,059 students
- Parkway Sports and Health Science AcademyMiddle · 897 students
- Murdock ElementaryElementary · 608 students
- Avocado ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Murray Manor ElementaryElementary · 530 students
Nearby schools
- Northmont Elementary0.7 mi · 422
- EJE Middle Academy1.0 mi · 254
- EJE Elementary Academy Charter1.0 mi · 582
- Trust Blended Learning1.2 mi · 52
- Parkway Sports and Health Science Academy1.2 mi · 897
- Sparrow Academy1.3 mi · 156
Frequently asked questions
About Grossmont HighHow large is Grossmont High?
Grossmont High enrolls approximately 2,172 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Grossmont High serve?
Grossmont High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Grossmont High?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at Grossmont High.
How diverse is Grossmont High?
Grossmont High reports a student body of 33% White, 46% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Grossmont High in?
Grossmont High is part of Grossmont Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.