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High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Southwest Senior High, San Diego, CA

CEP schoolSouthwest Senior High is a public high school in San Diego, part of Sweetwater Union High. It enrolled 1,563 students in 2024-25, with 21.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,563
Teachers (FTE)
72.0
Students per teacher
21.7
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 22.3. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school21.7
District22.3
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1685 Hollister St., San Diego, CA 92154
Phone
(619)628-3023
District
Sweetwater Union High
County
San Diego County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
063864006492
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
1,185
Reduced-price lunch
134
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,31984.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
596Students 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 Sweetwater Union High

High schools elsewhere in San Diego

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.