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Sweetwater High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2900 Highland Ave.
National City, CA 91950
Phone
(619) 474-9700
District
Sweetwater Union High
County
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2679
Classroom Teachers
108

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

2

(10 is best)

Better than 17.3% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Sweetwater High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
18%
41%
28%
55%
8%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
25
23
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 384 14.3%
Grade 10 721 26.9%
Grade 11 733 27.4%
Grade 12 841 31.4%
Total 2679 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 6.6% 12.7% 23.2%
Black 1.5% 3.3% 5.1%
Hispanic 79.1% 71.7% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 11.9% 11.3% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.9% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 88.8% 59.5% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 78.3% 52.2% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.6% 7.2% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 490,196 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,255.0 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.8% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.9% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.7% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 13.0% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 146,220 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 9.8% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 81.5% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.9% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.5% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.2% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.3% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.5% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.3% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.8% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 7.3% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,556 $272,841,000 51.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $799 $28,843,000 5.5%
Staff $735 $26,550,000 5.0%
General Administration $317 $11,458,000 2.2%
School Administration $1,022 $36,907,000 7.0%
Operation $1,078 $38,913,000 7.4%
Transportation $157 $5,685,000 1.1%
Other $1,159 $41,839,000 7.9%
Total Support $5,267 $190,195,000 36.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,798 $64,938,000 12.3%
Total Expenditures $14,622 $527,974,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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