Santana High

Santana High operates as a heavily attended secondary school in Santee, California, one of the schools within Grossmont Union High. Current enrollment sits at 1,621 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 93% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Grossmont Union High comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 16,401 students; Santana High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Santana High logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Santana High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.

In the broader community, San Diego County reports that median household income runs about $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Santana High is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Santee Alternative is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Santana High. On composite proficiency, Santana High comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Santana High's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,584 (now 1,621). Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.8:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

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