Ocean View Hills (sometimes referred to as Ocean Crest) is a residential neighborhood in the southern section of

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United State ...

. It borders

Interstate 805 Interstate 805 (I-805) is a major north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway in Southern California. It is a bypass auxiliary route of I-5, running roughly through the center of the Greater San Diego region from San Ysidro (part of the c ...

to the west and

California State Route 905 State Route 905 (SR 905), also known as the Otay Mesa Freeway, is an state highway in San Diego, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of California. It connects I-5 and I-805 in San Ysidro to the Mexican border at Otay Mesa. ...

to the south. It neighbors

Otay Mesa Otay Mesa ( ) is a community in the southern section of the city of San Diego, just north of the U.S.–Mexico border. It is bordered by the Otay River Valley and the city of Chula Vista on the north; Interstate 805 and the neighborhoods of Oc ...

to the south and east, Otay Mesa West to the west and

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to the north. Major thoroughfares include Dennery Road, Otay Mesa Road, Del Sol Blvd and Ocean View Hills Parkway.

History

Ocean View Hills is one of the newest communities in South San Diego, with its development beginning circa 1998. The area which now includes Ocean View Hills was annexed from

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 f ...

along with other portions of South San Diego in 1957. Formerly known as the "Pits" this area was a haven for off-road vehicles and bon fires.

Education

Ocean View Hills School is a public, K-8 school in the

San Ysidro School District The San Ysidro School District (SYSD) is a public school district in San Diego County, California, United States. It includes five elementary schools, one middle school, and several preschools in the San Ysidro community in San Diego, California ...

References

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