High · California
Preuss School UCSD
CharterFree meals for allPreuss School UCSD, a public high school in La Jolla, California: grades 6–12, 825 students, 19.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Preuss School UCSD District.
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
- 825
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.0
- Students per teacher
- 19.2
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 50% of high schools in California
Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared
More students per teacher than 79% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 61% of high schools in California
Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared
Larger than 69% 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%57%proficient
−1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 82% of high schools in California
Median 34% · 189 high schools compared
359 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%41%proficient
+4.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 83% of high schools in California
Median 18% · 190 high schools compared
358 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · 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 6–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- 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 Preuss School UCSD District.
Location
- Address
- 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093
- Phone
- (858)822-3000
- City or town
- San Diego
- County
- San Diego County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University City HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,465 | 24.9 | — | — |
| 6–12 | 1,375 | 34.7 | 32% | 15% | |
La Jolla HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,174 | 24.4 | — | — |
Madison HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 780 | 20.3 | — | — |
Mira Mesa HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,187 | 25.3 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 2,536 | 25.1 | — | — |
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
- 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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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.
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