High · California

Options Secondary

AlternativeFree meals for all

Options Secondary, a public high school in San Diego, California: grades 7–12, 69 students, 6.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Sweetwater 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
69
Teachers (FTE)
9.9
Students per teacher
6.9
Grades
7–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 95% of high schools in California

Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 81% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Smaller than 86% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

Not published: too few students tested.

Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

Not published: too few students tested.

Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 7–12
Type
District school · Alternative
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

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

Location

Address
3250 Palm Ave., San Diego, CA 92154
Phone
(619)796-7320
City or town
San Diego

Nearby high schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Montgomery Senior HighFree meals for all
9–121,56821.8——
Launch Virtual AcademyAlternativeMostly virtual
7–1257820.742%24%
MAAC Community CharterCharterFree meals for all
9–1217114.3——
Palomar HighAlternativeFree meals for all
7–1226913.3——
Southwest Senior HighFree meals for all
9–121,56321.7——
Castle Park Senior HighFree meals for all
9–121,36322.2——

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 063864007709