San Diego Workforce Innovation
National City · San Diego County · Borrego Springs Unified · Public
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How San Diego Workforce Innovation compares for families
What families should know about San Diego Workforce Innovation.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Helix High School, Sweetwater High, Eastlake High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
UC Outcomes Trend — 2023–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego → Selective | 6 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.56 | —† |
SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
Student composition — 2025-26
HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.
Race / ethnicity
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25
Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.
Absenteeism is up 32.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+4.7%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~3,068 | +139 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~3,366 | +437 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~3,694 | +765 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.
San Diego Workforce Innovation — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · National City · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 3% (227→221 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -8%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. San Diego County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — San Diego Workforce Innovation only shrank 3%. So San Diego Workforce Innovation picked up about 5 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.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+4.7%/yr); projects to ~3366 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Workforce Innovation | Public | 2929 | — | -3% |
| Peer-group median | 21.6% | -8% | ||
| Helix High School | Public | 2571 | 26.9% | +2% |
| Sweetwater High | Public | 2170 | 15.2% | -25% |
| Eastlake High School | Public | 2585 | 21.3% | -30% |
| Henry High | Public | 2532 | — | +20% |
| Otay Ranch High School | Public | 2408 | 22.0% | -7% |
| The O'farrell Charter | Public | 1833 | — | +50% |
| Bonita Vista High School | Public | 2038 | 29.4% | -23% |
| Hoover High | Public | 1878 | 18.4% | -1% |
| Grossmont High School | Public | 2221 | 9.1% | -9% |
| Olympian High School | Public | 2216 | 30.3% | -18% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →
Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25
Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment growth is beating San Diego County (-2.6% vs. -7.8%), but 2355 of 4366 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 59.4% (up +32.5 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
2,355 of 4,366 students who enrolled at San Diego Workforce Innovation this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (53.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.
District financial profile — Borrego Springs Unified (FY2020)
From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.
Local: 37.5%
Federal: 14.8%
Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Borrego Springs Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).