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The Heights Charter

· San Diego County · Dehesa Elementary · Public

Public San Diego County 🏛 Dehesa Elementary → CDS 3768049…
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🧮Top 10% Math proficiency in San Diego

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How The Heights Charter compares for families

What families should know about The Heights Charter.

  • Locally🧮 Top 10% in San Diego County on Math proficiency.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Altus Schools East County, Eje Middle Academy, Greater San Diego Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
0.0%
0 of 290 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

San Diego County median
18.9% · school is better than 100% of 205 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

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

Total enrollment
243 (2018)291 (2026)
+19.8%

If this trend holds (+2.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~298 +7 $0
3 yr (2029) ~311 +20 $0
5 yr (2031) ~326 +35 $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.

The Heights Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+2.3%/yr); projects to ~311 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

291 students (2026)
~311 projected (2029)
at +2.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
The Heights Charter Public 291
Peer-group median 11.1% -23%
Altus Schools East County Public 297 -16%
Eje Middle Academy Public 260
Greater San Diego Academy Public 196 -23%
Diego Valley East Public Charter Public 408 -70%
Highlands Elementary Public 354
Jcs Manzanita Public 245 -78%
College Preparatory Middle Public 399
River Valley Charter School Public 170 11.1% -10%
Lemon Grove Academy Elementary Public 386
Kidinnu Academy Public 523

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.

Stability rate
95.9%
281 of 293 students

12 of 293 students who enrolled at The Heights Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.7% · school is in the 87th percentile of 207 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 91st percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (237) 97.0%
Students w/ disabilities (47) 100.0%
Socio. disadvantaged (46) 89.1%
Hispanic / Latino (39) 92.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Eje Middle Academy 97.7% Greater San Diego Academy 88.4% Diego Valley East Public Charter 41.5% Highlands Elementary 89.2%

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.

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