High Tech High Media Arts

High Tech High Media Arts is a senior high of low-enrollment scale in San Diego, California, run under High Tech High Media Arts District, works with 355 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so High Tech High Media Arts sits 58% below that benchmark.

High Tech High Media Arts sits inside High Tech High Media Arts District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, High Tech High Media Arts records that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 22% White, 6% Black, 6% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, High Tech High Media Arts has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

Around the school, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), High Tech High Media Arts is one campus in the mix.

High Tech Elementary Explorer is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. High Tech High Media Arts is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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