Enrollment
349
High
DISTRICT 1,071 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432011145
Kearny Digital Media & Design
1954 Komet Way, San Diego, CA 92111 · (858) 496-8370 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
25.5:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
257 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 89 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 94 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 83 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 83 | 24% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.0pp since 2014
Math
23.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.3% | 44.7% | 11.8% | 13.2% |
| Math | 6.4% | 16.7% | 25.6% | 51.3% |
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 | 75.0% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 74.7% | 20.3% |
| 2022-23 | 60.5% | 20.5% |
| 2021-22 | 71.0% | 20.3% |
| 2018-19 | 79.3% | 46.6% |
| 2017-18 | 70.1% | 40.2% |
| 2016-17 | 84.3% | 36.1% |
| 2015-16 | 91.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 78.0% | 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Kearny Digital Media & Design
Kearny Digital Media & Design's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearny Digital Media & Design this school | 349 | 73.6% | 48.3% |
| Kearny Eng Innov & Design San Diego | 297 | 76.8% | 56.7% |
| Kearny College Connections San Diego | 339 | 76.4% | 54.4% |
| Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson High Carson | 474 | 77.8% | 38.4% |
| Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology San Diego | 313 | 81.5% | 51.1% |
| Altus Schools East County El Cajon | 287 | 73.2% | N/A |
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 Kearny Digital Media & Design ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #354 of 1,052 | #32 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #592 of 1,056 ▲ 11 | #48 of 70 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #159 of 1,056 no change | #15 of 70 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #437 of 1,044 | #33 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #1,158 of 2,093 | #84 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #1,248 of 1,352 | #85 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #397 of 1,351 | #46 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #784 of 1,575 | #42 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #326 of 802 | #24 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
349
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 349 | 13.7 | 25.5:1 | 74% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 13.6 | 25.1:1 | 73% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 15.1 | 22.8:1 | 60% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 14 | 24.5:1 | 68% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 15 | 27.0:1 | 78% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 16 | 25.5:1 | 72% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | N/A | N/A | 78% (376) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kearny Digital Media & Design.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (406 to 349); teachers down 9% (15 to 13.7).
About Kearny Digital Media & Design
In San Diego, California, Kearny Digital Media & Design is a low-enrollment high school. The school had 349 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in California is about 838, so this school runs 58% smaller than that.
Kearny Digital Media & Design falls under San Diego Unified, which has 174 schools enrolling 94,828 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Kearny Digital Media & Design, at 60%. The next largest groups are 11% White, 11% Asian, 8% Black, and 8% multiracial. In San Diego County overall, about 35% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 13.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 25.5:1. On average, high schools in California have 18.2:1, compared with 25.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 74% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in San Diego County report 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Kearny Digital Media & Design is A-. Compared with California public high schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Kearny Digital Media & Design falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 48.3% actual against 36.4% predicted.
Within San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, San Diego County has 766 public schools and roughly 467,437 students.
Kearny Eng Innov & Design is the public school closest to Kearny Digital Media & Design, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Kearny Digital Media & Design holds at least 8 other public schools. Kearny Digital Media & Design comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (343) and 2024-25 (349).
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Kearny Digital Media & DesignWhat is the total enrollment at Kearny Digital Media & Design?
Kearny Digital Media & Design enrolls approximately 349 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Kearny Digital Media & Design serve?
Kearny Digital Media & Design serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Kearny Digital Media & Design?
Approximately 25.5:1 students per teacher at Kearny Digital Media & Design.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kearny Digital Media & Design?
At Kearny Digital Media & Design, the student body is approximately 11% White, 60% Hispanic, 8% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Kearny Digital Media & Design public or private?
Kearny Digital Media & Design is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Diego Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.