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Enrollment
2,289
High
DISTRICT 1,402 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEETWATER UNION HIGH·NCES 063864011768
Olympian High
1925 Magdalena Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91913 · (619) 656-2400 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,289 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
24.1:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
632 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 559 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 558 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 594 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 578 | 25% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
75.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
50.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.2% | 30.4% | 14.8% | 9.6% |
| Math | 23.1% | 27.7% | 25.8% | 23.3% |
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 | 75.5% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 78.4% | 51.6% |
| 2022-23 | 63.6% | 40.3% |
| 2021-22 | 69.7% | 39.5% |
| 2020-21 | 74.6% | 57.9% |
| 2018-19 | 76.7% | 48.8% |
| 2017-18 | 76.9% | 51.1% |
| 2016-17 | 80.0% | 44.3% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 79.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Olympian High
Olympian High's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympian High this school | 2,289 | 27.6% | 64.1% |
| Otay Ranch Senior High Chula Vista | 2,440 | 32.5% | 54.8% |
| Santa Teresa High San Jose | 2,134 | 27.9% | 58.7% |
| Eastlake High Chula Vista | 2,557 | 22.5% | 64.9% |
| Torrance High Torrance | 1,879 | 36.4% | 65.6% |
| Fremont High Sunnyvale | 2,060 | 23.7% | 54.4% |
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 Olympian High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #137 of 1,052 | #10 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #159 of 1,056 ▼ 23 | #15 of 70 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #152 of 1,056 ▼ 39 | #14 of 70 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.6pp | #187 of 1,044 | #15 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,289 | #167 of 2,093 | #14 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #1,120 of 1,352 | #67 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #150 of 1,351 | #11 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #1,421 of 1,575 | #97 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #522 of 802 | #37 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
2,289
-58 (-2%) vs 2020
+32% since 2010-11, when it was 1,732
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 2,289 | 95.1 | 24.1:1 | 28% (632) |
| 2023-24 | 2,324 | 96.6 | 24.1:1 | 24% (549) |
| 2022-23 | 2,341 | 95.5 | 24.5:1 | 25% (592) |
| 2020-21 | 2,347 | 91 | 25.8:1 | 27% (638) |
| 2017-18 | 2,495 | 101.2 | 24.6:1 | 27% (679) |
| 2015-16 | 2,519 | 90 | 28.0:1 | 27% (691) |
| 2010-11 | 1,732 | N/A | N/A | 38% (654) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olympian High.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (2,495 to 2,289); teachers down 6% (101.2 to 95.1).
About Olympian High
Olympian High is a large high school in Chula Vista, California, one of the schools in Sweetwater Union High. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,289 students. Across high schools in California, the average enrollment is about 838.
Sweetwater Union High operates 28 schools. Combined enrollment is 33,517 students.
The largest group at Olympian High is Hispanic students, at 47%. The remaining students are 25% Asian, 13% White, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show San Diego County is about 35% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Olympian High scores 69%.
Teacher count: 95.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 24.1:1. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 28%. Among public schools in San Diego County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
Olympian High holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of California public high schools.
Olympian High scores 64.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 63.4%.
In San Diego County, home to about 3,288,774 people, median household income comes to about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Diego County's 766 public schools enroll about 467,437 students and include Olympian High.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, East Hills Academy, is the closest to Olympian High. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Olympian High. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Olympian High is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 2,289, starting from 2,347. The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.8:1 to 24.1:1 over the same years.
The Olympian High discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sweetwater Union High
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Sweetwater HighHigh · 2,290 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- San Ysidro HighHigh · 1,941 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
- Rancho del Rey MiddleMiddle · 1,705 students
Nearby schools
- East Hills Academy0.1 mi · 71
- Wolf Canyon Elementary0.2 mi · 954
- Veterans Elementary1.1 mi · 832
- Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary1.1 mi · 832
- Sonia Sotomayor Elementary1.2 mi · 488
- Otay Ranch Senior High1.2 mi · 2,440
Frequently asked questions
About Olympian HighWhat is the total enrollment at Olympian High?
Olympian High enrolls approximately 2,289 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Olympian High serve?
Olympian High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Olympian High have?
Olympian High employs 95 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olympian High?
At Olympian High, the student body is approximately 13% White, 47% Hispanic, 8% Black, 25% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Olympian High public or private?
Olympian High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sweetwater Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.