Kearny Digital Media & Design

Kearny Digital Media & Design is a high school of low-enrollment scale in San Diego, California, part of San Diego Unified, enrolling 349 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 58% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

San Diego Unified comprises 174 schools with combined enrollment of 94,828 students; Kearny Digital Media & Design is among them.

Looking at the student body, Kearny Digital Media & Design lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 11% White, 11% Asian, 8% Black, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kearny Digital Media & Design sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.6%; this one delivers 47.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Diego County) shows that median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kearny Digital Media & Design is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Kearny College Connections 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kearny Digital Media & Design at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 51.7%.

Kearny Digital Media & Design operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 406 students in 2018 compared to 349 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 51% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.