High Tech High Chula Vista

Located at 1945 Discovery Falls Dr., in Chula Vista, California, High Tech High Chula Vista is a cozy senior high that caters to 626 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by High Tech High Chula Vista District. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

High Tech High Chula Vista is a school of High Tech High Chula Vista District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, High Tech High Chula Vista shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest is composed of 13% Asian, 6% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting High Tech High Chula Vista higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at High Tech High Chula Vista qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, the surrounding county (San Diego County) reports that median household income runs about $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), High Tech High Chula Vista is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is High Tech Elementary Chula Vista, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around High Tech High Chula Vista.

The campus sits in an outlying setting. High Tech High Chula Vista operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Inside the community feed, members of the High Tech High Chula Vista community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.