San Diego High

San Diego High is a sprawling high school in San Diego, California, part of San Diego Unified. The school instructs 1,602 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so San Diego High sits 91% bigger than that benchmark.

San Diego Unified comprises 174 schools with combined enrollment of 94,828 students; San Diego High is among them.

On the student-mix side, San Diego High lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 17% White, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at school resources, San Diego High lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting San Diego High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at San Diego High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, San Diego High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.2%, the actual is 33.2%, a residual of -3.9 points.

Across the wider county, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which San Diego High is one.

The closest other public school is East Village Middle College High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 111%: 758 students in 2018 compared to 1,602 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 6% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 today.

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