Southwest Senior High

Southwest Senior High, a roomy senior high in San Diego, California, one of the schools within Sweetwater Union High, hosts 1,563 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Southwest Senior High sits 87% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 28 schools in Sweetwater Union High (33,517 students total), Southwest Senior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Southwest Senior High records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). Other groups include 7% White, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at Southwest Senior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Southwest Senior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate 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 Southwest Senior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Nestor Language Academy Charter, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southwest Senior High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.8%.

Southwest Senior High operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Southwest Senior High's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,898 (now 1,563). The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 94% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

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