High · Regular · Grades 7 to 12

Altus Schools East County, El Cajon, CA

Charter schoolAltus Schools East County is a public high school in El Cajon, part of Altus Schools East County District. It enrolled 287 students in 2024-25, with 35.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 287
Teachers (FTE): 8.0
Students per teacher: 35.9
Grades: 7 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 35.9. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school35.9

District35.9

California21.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 111 Fletcher Pkwy., El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: (858)678-2020
District: Altus Schools East County District
County: San Diego County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 060194014169

Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 187
Reduced-price lunch: 23
Free or reduced-price lunch: 21073.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 156Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

High schools elsewhere in El Cajon

Granite Hills High Grossmont Union High
Valhalla High Grossmont Union High
El Cajon Valley High Grossmont Union High
IDEA Center Grossmont Union High
MERIT Academy Grossmont Union High
Chaparral High Grossmont Union High
Grossmont Middle College High Grossmont Union High
Elite Academy Grossmont Union High
REACH Academy Grossmont Union High

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.