San Diego Metro Career and Tech
San Diego · CA · San Diego Unified · Public
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San Diego Center For Children Academy → Riley/New Dawn → Kearny Digital Media & Design → Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology → Kearny College Connections → Kearny Eng Innov & Design → Scy High (Southern California Yeshiva High School) → High Tech High Mesa →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 74% (Bottom 17% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How San Diego Metro Career and Tech compares for families
What families should know about San Diego Metro Career and Tech.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: San Diego Center For Children Academy, Riley/New Dawn, Kearny Digital Media & Design and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 17% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 119 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Center For Children Academy San Diego |
Private | 0.4 | 62 | -30.3% |
| Riley/New Dawn San Diego |
Public | 0.6 | 63 | -17.1% |
| Kearny Digital Media & Design San Diego |
Public | 0.7 | 349 | -1.7% |
| Kearny School of Biomedical Science and Technology San Diego |
Public | 0.7 | 313 | -11.8% |
| Kearny College Connections San Diego |
Public | 0.7 | 339 | -3.7% |
| Kearny Eng Innov & Design San Diego |
Public | 0.7 | 297 | -5.7% |
| Scy High (Southern California Yeshiva High School) San Diego |
Private | 0.8 | 33 | — |
| High Tech High Mesa San Diego |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 435 | +3.1% |