Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
High Tech High Media Arts
Public · San Diego · San Diego County · 346 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
37%
Higher than 79% of California high schools
+17.6 pp above peer median (19.1%)
· Ranked #3 of 8 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 58.0%
2025 · 36.7%
-6%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+2.2 pp
vs. San Diego County baseline (-8%)
~329
5-yr projected enrollment (17 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, High Tech High Media Arts sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 8): 37% vs. a peer median of 19%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has held roughly steady since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 6% (89→84 from 2018 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of -7%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. San Diego County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — High Tech High Media Arts only shrank 6%. So High Tech High Media Arts picked up about 2 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~329 by 2029 — about 17 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Tech High International | Public | 19.3% | -13% |
| High Tech High School | Public | 41.0% | -18% |
| E3 Civic High | Public | 10.5% | -7% |
| Kearny Digital Media & Design | Public | 15.7% | +2% |
| Urban Discovery Academy Charter | Public | — | -33% |
| Kearny College Connections | Public | 19.1% | -8% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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