Olympian High

Summary:

Olympian High is a public high school located in Chula Vista, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,341 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.

Olympian High has consistently performed well in recent years, ranking in the top 15% of California high schools for the 2023-2024 school year and receiving a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school significantly outperforms the district and state in standardized test scores, with 78.38% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 57.65% for the district and 55.73% for the state. In Mathematics, 51.57% of Olympian High's 11th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to 23.4% for the district and 27.9% for the state. The school also maintains a high 4-year graduation rate, ranging from 94.7% to 96.7% over the past 5 years, and a low dropout rate, ranging from 2.7% to 3.9%.

Olympian High's strong performance is particularly noteworthy in the context of its proximity to other high-performing schools in the Chula Vista area, such as Eastlake High and Otay Ranch Senior High, which also rank in the top 25% of California high schools. However, the district also includes lower-performing schools, such as San Ysidro High and Alta Vista Academy, which may present challenges in terms of resource allocation and educational equity within the district. Additionally, Olympian High has seen a recent increase in chronic absenteeism, from 8.3% in 2017-2018 to 17.3% in 2021-2022, which is an area that warrants further attention and potential intervention.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1925 Magdalena Ave.
       Chula Vista, CA  91913-3973


(619) 656-2400

District: Sweetwater Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
226th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,853 Help


Feeder schools for Olympian High:

Elementary:    Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary
    McMillin (Corky) Elementary
    Salt Creek Elementary
    Veterans Elementary
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Middle:    Eastlake Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  24.5 Help
Number of students:  2,341

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
43.1%
Asian:
26.8%
White:
14.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  25.3% Help


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Compare Details Olympian High ranks better than 90.3% of high schools in California. It also ranks first among 14 ranked high schools in the Sweetwater Union High School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 86.48. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Olympian High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Olympian High is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (43.1%), Asian (26.8%), White (14.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 25.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Olympian High is 24.5. 12 high schools in the Sweetwater Union High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Olympian High is $5,853, which is the lowest among 16 high schools in the Sweetwater Union High School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Olympian High:

SchoolDigger ranks Olympian High 226th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Olympian High in the ranking list.)

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Sweetwater Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Sweetwater Union High 745th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Olympian High

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Rank History for all students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 66.85 317th 2063 84.6%
2008 68.20 300th 2117 85.8%
2009 70.93 239th 2238 89.3%
2010 70.06 286th 2281 87.5%
2011 78.02 167th 2367 92.9%
2012 78.61 161st 2354 93.2%
2013 72.44 266th 2426 89.0%
2015 88.35 206th 1994 89.7%
2016 88.26 226th 2039 88.9%
2017 86.32 280th 2021 86.1%
2018 90.24 195th 2017 90.3%
2019 88.43 208th 2133 90.2%
2021 85.27 187th 1290 85.5%
2022 80.25 372nd 2123 82.5%
2023 79.76 331st 2348 85.9%
2024 86.48 226th 2323 90.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.08 82nd 366 77.6%
2019 68.64 127th 422 69.9%
2022 54.61 235th 515 54.4%
2023 68.17 188th 786 76.1%
2024 86.66 49th 804 93.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.75 68th 938 92.8%
2019 79.01 71st 941 92.5%
2021 74.40 62nd 467 86.7%
2022 66.53 131st 1044 87.5%
2023 30.05 807th 1323 39.0%
2024 50.35 245th 1350 81.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 67.43 241st 1547 84.4%
2024 80.73 110th 1534 92.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.54 214th 1862 88.5%
2019 79.53 298th 1937 84.6%
2021 82.31 157th 1126 86.1%
2022 79.20 290th 1943 85.1%
2023 78.88 295th 2247 86.9%
2024 82.00 254th 2235 88.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.28 190th 1760 89.2%
2019 87.84 189th 1833 89.7%
2021 82.87 162nd 1054 84.6%
2022 81.37 299th 1858 83.9%
2023 77.46 342nd 2118 83.9%
2024 84.10 236th 2098 88.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.00 191st 1052 81.8%
2019 63.69 256th 1117 77.1%
2021 56.78 160th 555 71.2%
2022 71.63 190th 1161 83.6%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 80.50 31st 168 81.5%
2023 61.98 77th 233 67.0%
2024 69.76 54th 234 76.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.46 188th 1834 89.7%
2019 84.46 260th 1880 86.2%
2021 84.36 176th 1122 84.3%
2022 76.04 395th 1916 79.4%
2023 79.44 325th 2207 85.3%
2024 87.20 186th 2172 91.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.64 116th 581 80.0%
2019 69.97 193rd 582 66.8%
2022 50.60 317th 581 45.4%
2023 60.73 321st 731 56.1%
2024 75.35 164th 712 77.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.87 113th 582 80.6%
2019 73.88 113th 592 80.9%
2022 74.65 97th 522 81.4%
2023 64.09 198th 720 72.5%
2024 84.94 71st 721 90.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.59 132nd 1742 92.4%
2019 86.83 160th 1814 91.2%
2022 81.89 233rd 1861 87.5%
2023 81.81 222nd 2142 89.6%
2024 84.89 170th 2125 92.0%
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Rank History for White students at Olympian High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.59 102nd 1173 91.3%
2019 78.85 209th 1222 82.9%
2022 66.10 379th 1204 68.5%
2023 57.40 488th 1434 66.0%
2024 77.67 191st 1406 86.4%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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by a parent
Monday, January 31, 2022

Open Quote My daughter attended this school. She had an IEP (Independent Education Program) because of her learning disabilities. Teachers were so helpful and helped her to be successful. She was accepted at SFSU and she is going to graduate this semester. (She never went to any community college. All the academic basics were given to my daughter so she was ready to attend the University) Close Quote


by a student
Friday, July 22, 2011

Open Quote Love this school. Been in Olympian from 1st year and now a 3rd year Junior. If you want a pretty good education in the sweetwater area Olympian is for you aha. Many kind people and many sports to play. Teachers are pretty well educated, just ask and they will be willing to help. Peace... Go Eagles! Close Quote


by a student
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Open Quote I loved this school. At the beginning, moving in Chula Vista, not knowing anybody and going to a brand new high school seemed alien to me. I didn't know anybody, I didn't know this place; it just seemed like I crashed landed on mars. As time passed, I have created friends who honestly cared about their education as I did, met rigorous, hard teachers that give you full attention and want you to achieve, not an A+, but what the student can earn best with their own abilities, and a staff that encourages students throughout any sport, test, a dance performance and hardship high school never fails to give. The Habits of Mind become a burden throughout the four years, but their lesson proves to prevail; soon, the students know what the term 'Metacognition' is - To think of others thinking and thoughts; everything in the habits became second nature to our learning and helped with the foundation of learning. Throughout all my four years, there were fluctuations on my grades. In receiving a D in AP World History nearly the end of the year, my teacher encouraged me to a final project, to do my best, to put not only my knowledge into it, but also my creative and imaginative skills, and collaboration. I earned a B-. I love the teachers, I love the school and I love Olympian. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Olympian High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2007 38 46 162 261 3 n/a n/a 0 510
2008 72 83 266 439 4 n/a n/a 0 864
2009 144 122 380 687 4 15 3 0 1355
2010 145 144 428 821 5 16 6 0 1565
2011 133 122 424 927 4 9 113 0 1732
2012 142 130 450 899 3 8 116 0 1748
2013 166 139 456 1017 4 9 109 0 1900
2014 164 144 484 1210 3 9 179 0 2193
2015 174 172 527 1278 1 10 205 0 2367
2016 185 163 587 1349 1 12 222 0 2519
2017 195 166 613 1397 3 17 219 0 2610
2018 188 159 583 1332 2 11 220 0 2495
2019 180 137 581 1351 2 13 212 0 2476
2020 208 156 568 1261 2 10 201 0 2406
2021 254 170 566 1152 7 6 192 0 2347
2022 307 155 581 1055 11 3 198 0 2310
2023 329 181 628 1009 9 5 180 0 2341

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Olympian High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2007 510 27.5 18.5 17.8
2008 864 47.0 18.4 19.8
2009 1355 52.0 21.8 35.8
2010 1565 65.9 23.7 36.1
2011 1732 n/a n/a 37.8
2012 1748 66.8 26.1 n/a
2013 1900 65.3 29.0 28.3
2014 2193 79.1 27.7 31.4
2015 2367 83.0 28.5 26.9
2016 2519 90.0 27.9 27.4
2017 2610 102.0 25.5 22.9
2018 2495 101.2 24.6 27.2
2019 2476 101.3 24.4 26.9
2020 2406 n/a n/a 27.7
2021 2347 91.3 25.6 27.2
2022 2310 91.0 25.3 25.1
2023 2341 95.5 24.5 25.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Olympian High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2007 510 27.5 18.5 17.8
2008 864 47.0 18.4 19.8
2009 1355 52.0 21.8 35.8
2010 1565 65.9 23.7 36.1
2011 1732 n/a n/a 37.8
2012 1748 66.8 26.1 n/a
2013 1900 65.3 29.0 28.3
2014 2193 79.1 27.7 31.4
2015 2367 83.0 28.5 26.9
2016 2519 90.0 27.9 27.4
2017 2610 102.0 25.5 22.9
2018 2495 101.2 24.6 27.2
2019 2476 101.3 24.4 26.9
2020 2406 n/a n/a 27.7
2021 2347 91.3 25.6 27.2
2022 2310 91.0 25.3 25.1
2023 2341 95.5 24.5 25.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Olympian High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $5,853

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Olympian High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 208th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 331st of 2348 High schools
 4.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
10th Grade Science (Olympian High)48.440.7
 7.7%
   10th Grade Science (Sweetwater Union High)32.840.5
 7.7%
   10th Grade Science (California)23.224.1
 0.9%
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Olympian High)76.763.6
 13.1%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sweetwater Union High)58.552.2
 6.3%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Olympian High)48.840.3
 8.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Sweetwater Union High)28.522.6
 6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
12th Grade Science (Olympian High)3344
 11%
   12th Grade Science (Sweetwater Union High)20.424.6
 4.3%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students24762341
 5.5%
African American137181
 32.1%
American Indian29
 350%
Asian581628
 8.1%
Hispanic13511009
 25.3%
Pacific Islander135
 61.5%
White180329
 82.8%
Two or More Races212180
 15.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients26.9%25.3%
 1.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Olympian High

Olympian High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary
Elementary : McMillin (Corky) Elementary
Elementary : Salt Creek Elementary
Elementary : Veterans Elementary
Elementary : Wolf Canyon Elementary
Middle : Eastlake Middle

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,341 students attended Olympian High.

Yes. Olympian High ranks in the top 9.7% of California high schools.

Students at Olympian High are 43% Hispanic, 27% Asian, 14% White, 8% African American, 8% Two or more races.


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