University City High

University City High operates as a heavily attended four-year high school in San Diego, California, part of San Diego Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,465 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 75% larger than typical.

University City High is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that educates 94,828 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, University City High records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 34% White, 12% multiracial, 11% Asian, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), University City High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 61.2%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which University City High is one.

Curie Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), University City High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at University City High has shrank 22%, going from 1,868 students in 2018 to 1,465 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 34% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 in 2025.

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