Mission Bay High

Mission Bay High is a secondary school of reasonably sized scale in San Diego, California, overseen by San Diego Unified, instructing 1,240 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 48% above typical.

Across the 174 schools in San Diego Unified (94,828 students total), Mission Bay High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mission Bay High records that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 37% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Mission Bay High shows 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Mission Bay High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mission Bay High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.0%, the actual is 54.2%, a residual of +1.1 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (San Diego County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Mission Bay High is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Barnard Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mission Bay High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.3%.

Mission Bay High operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Mission Bay High's enrollment has grew 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,083 (now 1,240). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 55% to 37%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.