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Sweetwater Union High, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Sweetwater Union High runs 29 public schools with 34,282 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 22.3 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 29
- Students
- 34,282
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,540
- Students per teacher
- 22.3
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1130 Fifth Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91911
- Phone
- (619)691-5500
- County
- San Diego County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0638640
- State district ID
- CA-3768411
- Total staff (FTE)
- 3,106
- School counselors (FTE)
- 103.0About 333 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 101.0
Students per teacher compared
This district22.3
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (37,060), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $646.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $58.8 million
- State revenue
- $380.6 million
- Local revenue
- $206.5 million
- Total spending
- $528.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,246
- Salaries
- $278.5 million52.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $482.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.1%
- State: 58.9%
- Local: 32.0%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,246
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Sweetwater Union High
By level: 17 high, 12 middle. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alta Vista Academy | High | 7 to 12 | 27 | 3.9 |
| Bonita Vista Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 972 | 24.9 |
| Bonita Vista Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,960 | 21.8 |
| Castle Park MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 703 | 19.5 |
| Castle Park Senior HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,363 | 22.3 |
| Chula Vista MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 678 | 21.2 |
| Chula Vista Senior HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,864 | 20.7 |
| East Hills Academy | High | 7 to 12 | 71 | 5.9 |
| Eastlake High | High | 9 to 12 | 2,557 | 24.1 |
| Eastlake Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,613 | 26.4 |
| Granger Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 9 | 724 | 21.9 |
| Hilltop MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 866 | 22.8 |
| Hilltop Senior HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,771 | 22.1 |
| Launch Virtual Academy | High | 7 to 12 | 578 | 21.4 |
| Mar Vista AcademyCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 462 | 18.5 |
| Mar Vista Senior HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,216 | 22.5 |
| Montgomery MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 734 | 21.6 |
| Montgomery Senior HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,568 | 22.1 |
| National City MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 709 | 26.3 |
| Olympian High | High | 9 to 12 | 2,289 | 24.1 |
| Options SecondaryCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 69 | 7.7 |
| Otay Ranch Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 2,440 | 23.7 |
| Palomar HighCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 269 | 13.4 |
| Rancho del Rey Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,705 | 23.7 |
| San Ysidro High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,941 | 23.4 |
| Southwest MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 515 | 20.6 |
| Southwest Senior HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,563 | 21.7 |
| Sweetwater Community Day | Middle | 7 to 9 | 0 | |
| Sweetwater HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,290 | 25.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in San Diego County
- San Diego Unified 95,175 students
- Poway Unified 34,405 students
- Chula Vista Elementary School District 22,245 students
- San Marcos Unified 18,860 students
- Vista Unified 18,112 students
- Grossmont Union High 16,476 students
- Cajon Valley Union 15,992 students
- Oceanside Unified 14,890 students
- Escondido Union 13,922 students
- San Dieguito Union High 12,055 students
- Carlsbad Unified 10,708 students
- La Mesa-Spring Valley School District 10,460 students
- Pacific Coast Academy District 6,760 students
- Escondido Union High 6,334 students
- Santee School District 6,076 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.