Summary:
Palomar High is a public high school located in Chula Vista, California, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 234 students. The school is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District, which is ranked 745 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Palomar High has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of California high schools over the past decade, with its academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, significantly below the district and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 7.69% of 11th-grade students at Palomar High were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 57.65% in the Sweetwater Union High School District and 55.73% statewide. The school's performance in mathematics is even more concerning, with 0% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to 23.4% in the district and 27.9% statewide. Palomar High has also struggled with extremely low graduation rates, with a four-year graduation rate of only 39.2% in 2022-2023, compared to the district average of 91.1% and the state average of over 80%. Additionally, the school has experienced very high rates of chronic absenteeism, reaching 91.8% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages.
Palomar High's performance is significantly worse than the other high schools in the Sweetwater Union High School District, such as Southwest Senior High, Montgomery Senior High, and Hilltop Senior High, which all have higher academic achievement, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism. Even the smaller, alternative schools like Options Secondary and Alta Vista Academy, which serve similar student populations, outperform Palomar High in many key metrics.
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Detail:
Public 7-12
District:
Sweetwater Union High
SchoolDigger Rank:
2151st of 2,323 California High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,335
Student/teacher ratio: 15.3
Number of students: 299
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
82.9%
White:
6.7%
African American:
4.3%
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Two or more races:
3.0%
American Indian:
1.3%
Asian:
1.0%
Pacific Islander:
0.7%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 85.6%
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