Schools · Chula Vista
Chula Vista, CA schools
Chula Vista’s public schools score above California’s averages: 52% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 36 schools through grade 6, then one of 6 middle schools and one of 7 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Chula Vista’s School Grade: B
The public schools Chula Vista’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B+Test scoresC+Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 62%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (538)Better than 53%
High confidence. Built on 10,458 tested students and a graduating class of 6,819; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Chula Vista kids go to school
Grades 7–8
6 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Sweetwater Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12
7 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Sweetwater Union High School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades 7–12, Sweetwater Union High)52%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades K–6, Chula Vista Elementary)24.5%
State average 48.5% · reported as a range, 0–49% (a small group)
Math (grades 7–12, Sweetwater Union High)36%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades K–6, Chula Vista Elementary)24.5%
State average 33.4% · reported as a range, 0–49% (a small group)
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
6,819
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #376 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Chula Vista
Sweetwater Union High School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 29 schools · 33,517 students
$16,482 per studentCA $21,206BChula Vista Elementary School DistrictGrades K–6 · 44 schools · 22,235 students
$18,192 per studentCA $21,206Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 83 schools in Chula Vista
Showing 1–30 of 83 schools
Feaster (Mae L.) CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,095 students
CharterWolf Canyon ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 954 students
PublicDiscovery CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 945 students
CharterArroyo Vista CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 911 students
CharterCamarena (Enrique S.) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 889 students
PublicHedenkamp (Anne and William) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 855 students
PublicSalt Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 835 students
PublicMuraoka (Saburo) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 832 students
PublicVeterans ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 832 students
PublicLauderbach (J. Calvin) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 763 students
PublicHeritage ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 732 students
PublicMcMillin (Corky) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 691 students
PublicRice (Lilian J.) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 613 students
PublicHilltop Drive ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 559 students
PublicVista Square ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 554 students
PublicOlympic View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 544 students
PublicLiberty ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 542 students
PublicTiffany (Burton C.) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 534 students
PublicEastLake ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 527 students
PublicHarborside ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 524 students
PublicClear ViewElementary · Grades K–6 · 513 students
PublicSonia Sotomayor ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 488 students
PublicRosebank ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 485 students
PublicFahari L. Jeffers ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 467 students
PublicOtay ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 455 students
PublicHigh Tech Elementary Chula VistaElementary · Grades K–5 · 445 students
CharterCasillas (Joseph) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 431 students
PublicMarshall (Thurgood) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 431 students
PublicChula Vista Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 430 students
PublicAllen (Ella B.) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 422 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.