Record · District
Sweetwater Union High
A public school district in Chula Vista, California, with 29 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 34,282
- Students enrolled
- 1,540.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 3,106.3
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,327
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 34,282 in 2024–25
- Ranks 169th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 19th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $15,327 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 47% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Sweetwater Union High spent $16,467 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,773 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $16,467 | $580.0 million | 35,226 |
| FY2023 | $15,327 | $553.4 million | 36,109 |
| FY2022 | $13,859 | $506.6 million | 36,557 |
| FY2021 | $12,784 | $473.8 million | 37,060 |
| FY2020 | $12,300 | $474.2 million | 38,553 |
| FY2019 | $12,831 | $502.5 million | 39,165 |
| FY2018 | $12,775 | $520.4 million | 40,737 |
| FY2017 | $12,034 | $489.5 million | 40,671 |
| FY2016 | $11,360 | $466.3 million | 41,050 |
| FY2015 | $10,056 | $412.5 million | 41,018 |
| FY2014 | $9,163 | $374.8 million | 40,901 |
| FY2013 | $8,533 | $349.1 million | 40,916 |
| FY2012 | $8,853 | $359.6 million | 40,619 |
| FY2011 | $9,001 | $372.9 million | 41,426 |
| FY2010 | $8,840 | $373.1 million | 42,209 |
| FY2009 | $9,131 | $390.8 million | 42,804 |
| FY2008 | $9,219 | $392.7 million | 42,591 |
| FY2007 | $8,851 | $372.5 million | 42,085 |
| FY2006 | $8,083 | $338.4 million | 41,865 |
| FY2005 | $7,773 | $317.8 million | 40,888 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $93.7 million | 11.6% |
| State | $460.8 million | 56.9% |
| Local | $255.3 million | 31.5% |
| Total | $809.7 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
29 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Alta Vista Academy | 27 |
| Bonita Vista Middle | 972 |
| Bonita Vista Senior High | 1,960 |
| Castle Park Middle | 703 |
| Castle Park Senior High | 1,363 |
| Chula Vista Middle | 678 |
| Chula Vista Senior High | 1,864 |
| East Hills Academy | 71 |
| Eastlake High | 2,557 |
| Eastlake Middle | 1,613 |
| Granger Junior High | 724 |
| Hilltop Middle | 866 |
| Hilltop Senior High | 1,771 |
| Launch Virtual Academy | 578 |
| Mar Vista Academy | 462 |
| Mar Vista Senior High | 1,216 |
| Montgomery Middle | 734 |
| Montgomery Senior High | 1,568 |
| National City Middle | 709 |
| Olympian High | 2,289 |
| Options Secondary | 69 |
| Otay Ranch Senior High | 2,440 |
| Palomar High | 269 |
| Rancho del Rey Middle | 1,705 |
| San Ysidro High | 1,941 |
| Southwest Middle | 515 |
| Southwest Senior High | 1,563 |
| Sweetwater Community Day | 0 |
| Sweetwater High | 2,290 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0638640
Elsewhere
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Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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