High · California

IDEA Center

Alternative

IDEA Center, a public high school in El Cajon, California: grades 9–12, 127 students, 7.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Grossmont Union High.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 127
Teachers (FTE): 16.3
Students per teacher: 7.8
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of high schools in California

Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 91% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 71% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Grossmont Union High

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Grossmont Union High.

Location

Address: 1600 North Cuyamaca St., El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: (619)956-4332
City or town: El Cajon
County: San Diego County

Website Quality of life in El Cajon Schools in El Cajon

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Chaparral HighAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	45	7.2	0.0 mi
MERIT AcademySpecial education	9–12	68	9.7	0.0 mi
Altus Schools East CountyCharter	7–12	287	35.3	1.3 mi
Grossmont Middle College HighAlternativeFree meals for all	11–12	37	14.5	1.5 mi
El Cajon Valley HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,701	20.8	2.3 mi
Grossmont HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,172	24.3	2.5 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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