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High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Southwest High, El Centro, CA

CEP schoolSouthwest High is a public high school in El Centro, part of Central Union High. It enrolled 1,846 students in 2024-25, with 19.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,846
Teachers (FTE)
94.0
Students per teacher
19.6
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.9. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.6
District19.9
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
2001 Ocotillo Dr., El Centro, CA 92243
Phone
(760)336-4100
District
Central Union High
County
Imperial County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
060801004486
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
1,096
Reduced-price lunch
235
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,33172.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
765Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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

Other high schools in Central Union High

High schools elsewhere in El Centro

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.