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San Diego County, California San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the fi ...
. It includes public and private schools and is arranged by school district (public schools) or affiliation (private schools). These schools offer grades 9 through 12. Junior High schools are not listed here.


Public schools


Warner Springs Unified School District

* Warner High School, Warner Springs


Borrego Springs Unified School District

* Borrego Springs High School, Borrego Springs * Palm Canyon High School (continuation), Borrego Springs


Carlsbad Unified School District

* Carlsbad High School, Carlsbad * Carlsbad Village Academy 10-12, Carlsbad * Sage Creek High School, Carlsbad, Carlsbad


Coronado Unified School District

* Coronado High School, Coronado * Palm Academy for Learning, Coronado


Escondido Union School District

* Diego Valley Charter High School, Escondido *
Center City High School Center City High School was an accredited alternative high school located in Escondido, California, part of the Escondido Union High School District. Center City's mode of instruction was independent study, which is an instructional strategy that ...
, Escondido *
Escondido Charter High School Escondido Charter High School (colloquially referred to as Charter and ECHS) is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory day school for grades 9–12 located in Escondido, California. The school opened in 1996 with only 30 students. Si ...
, Escondido *
Escondido High School Escondido High School (EHS) is one of three high schools in the Escondido Union High School District located in Escondido, California. Escondido High received a California Distinguished School award in 2007. History The first building to house E ...
, Escondido *
Orange Glen High School Orange Glen High School (OGHS) is one of the five public high schools in the Escondido Union School District in Escondido, California. It was established in 1962. The school earned the California Distinguished School Award in 2007. In the 2005 ...
, Escondido * San Pasqual High School, Escondido * Valley High School (continuation), Escondido * Classical Academy High School, Escondido * Del Lago Academy, Escondido


Fallbrook Union High School District

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Fallbrook Union High School Fallbrook Union High School (also referred to as FUHS, Fallbrook High School and FHS) is a public high school located in the rural community of Fallbrook, California. Established in 1893, FUHS is the second-oldest high school in San Diego County. ...
, Fallbrook * Ivy High School (continuation), Fallbrook *
Oasis High School Oasis High School is a municipal charter school belonging to and located in Cape Coral, Florida. It is one of 4 schools that are part of the City of Cape Coral Charter School Authority, alongside 2 elementary schools and 1 middle school. Oasis Hi ...
(alternative), Fallbrook


Grossmont Union High School District

* Diego Valley Charter High School, El Cajon * Chaparral High School (continuation), El Cajon *
El Cajon Valley High School El Cajon Valley High School (ECVHS) is a comprehensive public secondary school located in El Cajon, California, which is in the eastern county of San Diego, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Established in 1955, El Cajon Valley is ...
, El Cajon * El Capitan High School, Lakeside * Granite Hills High School, El Cajon *
Grossmont High School Grossmont High School is the oldest high school in San Diego's east county, California. Its mascot is the Foothiller, so chosen because, at the time of the school's construction, east county was much more isolated from the rest of San Diego than ...
, La Mesa/El Cajon *
Grossmont Middle College High School Grossmont Middle College High School (GMCHS) is a high school in San Diego County, California. Founded in 2001, GMCHS is located on the Grossmont College campus and is run entirely by two teachers, a secretary and a counselor. GMCHS is a WASC- ...
, El Cajon *
Helix High School Helix High School, in La Mesa, California, is a charter high school built in 1952. It received its charter in 1998. Part of the Grossmont Union High School District, it serves a mid-level socioeconomic community and has a student body of approxi ...
, La Mesa (independent charter high school, authorized by the Grossmont Union HS District) * Monte Vista High School, Spring Valley * Mount Miguel High School, Spring Valley *
Santana High School Santana High School, located in Santee, California, is part of the Grossmont Union High School District. History 2001 Shooting On March 5, 2001, at Santana High School, 15-year-old Charles Andrew Williams shot and killed two students and injure ...
, Santee * Steele Canyon High School, Spring Valley (independent charter high school, authorized by the Grossmont Union HS District) * Valhalla High School, El Cajon *
West Hills High School West Hills High School (WHHS) is a public, comprehensive high school located in Santee, California, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1987, West Hills is the eleventh of thirteen high schools to be constructed in the Gr ...
, Santee


Julian Union High School District

* Julian High School, Julian


Mountain Empire Unified School District

* Mountain Empire High School, Pine Valley


Oceanside Unified School District

* Diego Valley Charter High School, Oceanside * El Camino High School, Oceanside *
Oceanside High School Oceanside High School (California) is an American public secondary school located in Oceanside, California. It is part of the Oceanside Unified School District. History and Campus Oceanside High School is one of two high schools in the Oceanside ...
, Oceanside * Pacific View Charter School, Oceanside


Poway Unified School District

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Abraxas High School Abraxas ( grc-x-biblical, ἀβραξάς, abraxas, variant form romanized: ) is a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the "Great Archon" (), the princeps of the 365 spheres (). The word is fou ...
, Poway * Del Norte High School, San Diego * Mount Carmel High School, San Diego *
Poway High School Poway High School is a four-year secondary school in southern California accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Established in 1961, its approximately 2,408 students are from the city of Poway and the community of Rancho Be ...
, Poway *
Rancho Bernardo High School Rancho Bernardo High School, or RBHS, is a public high school in the Poway Unified School District of San Diego County, California, United States. Rancho Bernardo High School was opened in 1991 as the district's third high school. Enrollment Fo ...
, San Diego * Westview High School, San Diego


Ramona City Unified School District

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Montecito High School Montecito may refer to: * Montecito, Burnaby, a neighbourhood in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada * Montecito, California, a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California * Montecito (processor), the codename used to designate a revi ...
(alternative), Ramona * Mountain Valley Academy High School, Ramona * Ramona High School, Ramona


San Diego County Office of Education

* Monarch School, San Diego


San Diego Unified School District


San Dieguito Union High School District

* Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego *
La Costa Canyon High School La Costa Canyon High School (LCC) is a public high school located in Carlsbad, California. Established in 1996, it is a member of the San Dieguito Union High School District and serves the communities of Encinitas, south Carlsbad, Leucadia, Oliv ...
, Carlsbad * North Coast High School (alternative), Encinitas *
San Dieguito Academy San Dieguito High School Academy, originally known as San Dieguito Union High School and San Dieguito High School, is a public high school in the San Dieguito Union High School District of Encinitas, California in San Diego County. The sch ...
, Encinitas * Sunset High School (alternative), Encinitas *
Torrey Pines High School Torrey Pines High School is a high school in the North County Coastal area of San Diego, California. The school is named after the Torrey pine tree that grows in the area. Torrey Pines High School is a member of the San Dieguito Union High Schoo ...
, San Diego


San Marcos Unified School District

* Bayshore Prep Charter School, San Marcos *
Foothills High Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills and the adjacent topograp ...
(alternative), San Marcos *
Mission Hills High School Mission Hills High School is a high school located in San Marcos, California. It first opened in August 2004 on of land that was previously part of the local Hollandia dairy. It has many career-oriented programs, such as the Academies of Busine ...
, San Marcos * San Marcos High School, San Marcos *
Twin Oaks High School Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of TwinLast Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two e ...
(continuation), San Marcos


Sweetwater Union High School District

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Bonita Vista High School Bonita Vista High School (BVH) is a public, four-year (grade levels 9–12) high school located in the city of Chula Vista, California. It is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District, and offers both Advanced Placement and International ...
, Chula Vista *
Castle Park High School Castle Park High School, established in 1962, is a high school in Chula Vista, California. It offers Advanced Placement classes. Along with Bonita Vista High School, it is one of only two schools in the Sweetwater Union School District that of ...
, Chula Vista *
Chula Vista High School Chula Vista High School (CVHS) is a public high school located in Chula Vista, California. Founded in 1947, it is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District. History Chula Vista first opened in the summer of 1947, operating out of a tempor ...
, Chula Vista * Eastlake High School, Chula Vista * Hilltop High School, Chula Vista * MAAC Community Charter School, Chula Vista *
Mar Vista High School Mar Vista Senior High (MVH), in Imperial Beach, California, United States, is a high school established in 1951. Mar Vista has an award-winning marine science academy called Poseidon. Students spend grades 9-12 in the academy. It is frequently ...
, Imperial Beach *
Montgomery High School, San Diego Montgomery High School (MOH) is a four-year (grade levels 9–12) public high school located in the city of San Diego, California. It opened in 1970 and is situated today on its original campus in Otay Mesa. Montgomery High School serves more tha ...
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Olympian High School Olympian High School is a public high school located within the Sweetwater Union High School District in San Diego County, California. The school, with a capacity of 2,500 students, opened in August 2006. It is located in the outskirts of the Otay ...
, Chula Vista * Options Secondary School, Chula Vista *
Otay Ranch High School Otay Ranch High School is a high school located in Chula Vista, California. Otay Ranch High School primarily serves the Chula Vista developments of Otay Ranch and Rancho Del Rey. History Otay Ranch High School (ORHS) was built in 2003 as a part ...
, Chula Vista *
Palomar High School Palomar may refer to: Places * Any of several locations in San Diego County, California: ** Palomar Mountain ** Palomar Observatory, located on Palomar Mountain ** Palomar College in San Marcos, California ** Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, ...
, Chula Vista * San Ysidro High School, San Diego * Southwest High School, San Diego * Sweetwater High School, National City East Hills Academy


Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District

*Oak Glen High School (continuation), Valley Center *
Valley Center Adult Education A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...
, Valley Center *
Valley Center High School Valley Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern San Diego County, California. The population was 9,277 at the 2010 census. History Valley Center was the site of the capture of the largest California Grizzly Bear in history. In 1866, ...
, Valley Center * Valley Center Independent Study, Valley Center


Vista Unified School District

* Diego Valley Charter High School, Vista * Guajome Park Academy (charter), Vista *
Mission Vista High School Mission Vista High School is a public, comprehensive, dual-magnet high school that is part of the Vista Unified School District and is located in Oceanside, California; it currently serves 1,725 students and has been accredited by the Western ...
, Oceanside * North County Trade Tech High School (charter), Vista *
Rancho Buena Vista High School Rancho Buena Vista High School or "RBV" is a California Distinguished School and International Baccalaureate Organization World School, located in Vista, California. In the 1990–1991 and 1994–1995 school years Rancho Buena Vista High School ...
, Vista * Vista High School, Vista


Warner Unified School District

* San Jose Valley Continuation High School, Warner Springs * Warner Middle / High School, Warner Springs


Private schools


Baptist

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Ocean View Christian Academy Ocean View Christian Academy (formerly Midway Baptist Schools) is a private Christian school serving grades K-12 in San Diego, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39 ...


Catholic

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Academy of Our Lady of Peace Academy of Our Lady of Peace (locally called "OLP"), is a Catholic high school for young women started by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CSJ). OLP is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego. Though the school itself is Cathol ...
* Saint Augustine High School * Mater Dei Catholic High School *
Cathedral Catholic High School Cathedral Catholic High School (CCHS) is a private coeducational Catholic college preparatory day school in San Diego, California serving grades 9–12. It is operated by the Diocese of San Diego. It was founded in 1957 as the University High ...


Episcopal

* The Bishop's School, La Jolla


Jewish

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San Diego Jewish Academy San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) is an Independent school, independent Jewish day school currently located in the Carmel Valley, San Diego, Carmel Valley community of San Diego, California. The school is composed of three schools: SDJA Early Childho ...
, San Diego *
Southern California Yeshiva High School Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...
, San Diego *
Torah High Schools of San Diego Torah High Schools of San Diego (THSSD) is a private 9-12 girls Jewish high school in San Diego, California, United States that was founded in 1999. It is an affiliate of the Rabbinical Seminary of America - Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim of New York City ...
, San Diego


Lutheran

* Victory Christian Academy, San Diego (formerly Lutheran High School of San Diego)


Seventh-Day Adventist

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Escondido Adventist Academy Escondido Adventist Academy (EAA) is a private, Seventh-day Adventist-governed Christian school in Escondido, California, serving students in grades K-12. It is operated by a school board which represents the 14 Seventh-day Adventist churc ...
, Escondido *
San Diego Academy San Diego Academy is a private, coeducational K-12 Christian school in National City, California. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system. As set forth in its constitutio ...
, National City


Non-Denominational

* Army and Navy Academy, Carlsbad *Maranatha Christian Schools, San Diego * Calvin Christian School, Escondido *Santa Fe Christian Schools, Solana Beach *Horizon Christian Academy, San Diego *Horizon Prep School, Rancho Santa Fe *The Cambridge School, San Diego *Tri-City Christian School, Tri-City Christian School


Nonsectarian

*The Child's Primary School, San Diego * Carlsbad Seaside Academy, Carlsbad * Carlsbad Village Academy, Carlsbad * Francis W. Parker School, San Diego *Fusion Academy, Del Mar * The Grauer School, Encinitas * High Bluff Academy, Rancho Santa Fe * Halstrom High School, San Diego *
La Jolla Country Day School La Jolla Country Day School (known informally as "Country Day" or "LJCDS") is an independent school in University City, a community of San Diego, California. The school contains a lower school (consisting of nursery through fourth grade), a m ...
, La Jolla *Pacific Academy International, Encinitas *Pacific Ridge School, Carlsbad * San Diego French American School, La Jolla * The Waldorf School of San Diego High School, San Diego *Leeway Sudbury School, San Diego
High Bluff Academy
San Diego


Defunct schools

*Day-McKellar Prep K-High School, La Mesa. Closed as of December, 2011 due to lack of funding.


See also

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List of high schools in California This is a list of high schools in California, public, private and chartered, organized by county and by city or school district. This list includes former high schools. Alameda County Alameda Unified School District * Alameda Community Learni ...
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List of school districts in California This is a list of school districts in California. California school districts are of several varieties, usually a Unified district, which includes all of the Elementary and High Schools in the same geographic area; Elementary school districts, w ...
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List of school districts in California by county This is a list of school districts in California. California school districts are of several varieties, usually a Unified district, which includes all of the Elementary and High Schools in the same geographic area; Elementary school districts, w ...
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List of school districts in San Diego County, California List of school districts in San Diego County, California Primary and secondary * Alpine Union School District * Bonsall Unified School District * Borrego Springs Unified School District *Cajon Valley Union School District *Cardiff School District ...
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Primary and secondary schools in San Diego, California This is a list of primary and secondary schools in San Diego, California, organized by school district. The San Diego Unified School District, also known as San Diego City Schools, is the school district that serves the majority of the city, it ...
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List of closed secondary schools in California This is a list of closed secondary schools in California. There was a noticeable increase in closures starting about 1979, the year following the passage of Proposition 13. A change in funding changed the financial situation for these school dis ...


References


External links


San Diego County Office of Education
list of schools from SchoolTree.org {{Education in San Diego County, California *
San Diego County San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the fi ...
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