Schools · San Diego
San Diego, CA schools
San Diego’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 120 schools through grade 12, then one of 39 high schools and one of 8 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
San Diego’s School Grade: B
The public schools San Diego’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresC+Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 63%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (538)Better than 56%
High confidence. Built on 10,900 tested students and a graduating class of 6,839; 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 San Diego kids go to school
Grades 12
39 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list San Diego City Unified School DistrictGrades 12
8 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list San Dieguito 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
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades K–12, San Diego City Unified)29%
State average 48.5%
Reading (Sweetwater Union High)52%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades 12, San Dieguito Union High)49.5%
State average 48.5% · reported as a range, 40–59% (a small group)
Math (grades K–12, San Diego City Unified)19%
State average 33.4%
Math (Sweetwater Union High)36%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades 12, San Dieguito Union High)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
6,839
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Three districts serve San Diego
San Diego City Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 175 schools · 94,828 students
$21,281 per studentCA $21,206CSweetwater Union High School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 29 schools · 33,517 students
$16,482 per studentCA $21,206BSan Dieguito Union High School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 10 schools · 12,026 students
$15,720 per studentCA $21,206A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 370 schools in San Diego
Showing 1–30 of 370 schools
Albert Einstein AcademiesElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,448 students
CharterDesign 39 CampusElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,216 students
PublicNestor Language Academy CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,079 students
B-CharterOcean View HillsElementary · Grades K–5 · 1,020 students
PublicLanguage AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,015 students
PublicDel Sur ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 891 students
PublicWestwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 832 students
PublicZamorano ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 823 students
PublicGrant K-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 743 students
C-PublicScripps ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 733 students
PublicJonas Salk ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 732 students
D-PublicLongfellow UTK-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 726 students
PublicJerabek ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 718 students
PublicRosa Parks ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 705 students
PublicWillow Grove ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 701 students
PublicGage ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 698 students
D-PublicDingeman ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 689 students
D-PublicSpreckels ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 680 students
D-PublicPark Village ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 671 students
PublicHighland Ranch ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 661 students
PublicEricson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 650 students
D-PublicHancock ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 644 students
PublicWillow ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 643 students
PublicMiramar Ranch ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 637 students
A-PublicKeiller Leadership AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 635 students
B-CharterLos Penasquitos ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 634 students
PublicGeorge Nicoloff ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 616 students
DPublicMiller ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 611 students
CPublicDoyle ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 603 students
PublicPorter ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 590 students
D-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.