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Mission Bay High

Public Grades 9-12

154^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 93% of California high schools

Summary

Mission Bay High is a large, comprehensive high school serving about 1,240 students in grades 9-12 in the Pacific Beach/Mission Bay area of the San Diego Unified School District, and it stands out for its remarkable, decade-long transformation into one of the area's top-performing schools.

The school's most impressive achievement is its exceptional graduation rate of 98.1%, which far exceeds district and state averages, alongside a very low dropout rate. Academically, students excel in English Language Arts, with over 80% proficient, significantly outperforming nearby comprehensive schools like La Jolla High and Clairemont High. What makes this success particularly notable is that Mission Bay High achieves these results while serving a student population where a significant portion faces economic disadvantages, effectively breaking the common link between poverty and academic outcomes seen at schools such as Madison High.

While mathematics scores are an area for continued growth, the school provides outstanding support for special education and economically disadvantaged students, ranking in the top percentiles statewide for these groups. Compared to specialized charter schools like High Technical High Mesa, Mission Bay High delivers comparable excellence as a traditional public school, and it does so with very cost-effective spending per student, making it a standout model of sustained improvement and effective education in San Diego.

1,240

Students ?

20.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,410

Per pupil spending ?

44.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2475 Grand Ave.
San Diego, CA 92109-4825

(858) 536-0136

District: San Diego Unified

Feeder schools for Mission Bay High:

Elementary:	Crown Point Elementary
	Pacific Beach Elementary
	Sessions Elementary
Middle:	Pacific Beach Middle

Racial breakdown:

White:

44.0%

Hispanic:

36.8%

Two or more races:

11.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 43rd percentile in 2013 → 93rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (63% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 7% of California high schools

✓98% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school63%

District avg49%

California avg41%

154^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 7%▲ up 37 pts since 2015

From top 44% (2015) to top 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 24High Schools in the San Diego Unified

577^th of 1,543San Diego Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	92.6	154 of 2162	92.9%	★★★★★
2024	86.2	302 of 2159	86.0%	★★★★☆
2023	83.8	345 of 2170	84.1%	★★★★☆
2022	68.2	565 of 2123	73.4%	★★★★☆
2019	68.7	567 of 2133	73.4%	★★★★☆
2018	65.6	693 of 2017	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	53.9	933 of 2021	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2016	56.4	870 of 2039	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	54.9	875 of 1994	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	27.9	1388 of 2426	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2012	31.2	1272 of 2354	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	35.4	1167 of 2367	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2010	33.9	1167 of 2281	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	33.5	1245 of 2238	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	28.6	1210 of 2117	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	30.2	1129 of 2063	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2006	28.6	1134 of 1968	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2005	30.5	1036 of 1901	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2004	28.1	983 of 1653	40.5%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	53.2	354 of 1161	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	85.7	99 of 1117	91.1%	★★★★★
2018	91.9	73 of 1052	93.1%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	52.4	307 of 1085	71.7%	★★★★☆
2023	32.6	759 of 1064	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	1002 of 1044	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	34.7	609 of 941	35.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	92.4	130 of 1906	93.2%	★★★★★
2024	80.0	366 of 1915	80.9%	★★★★☆
2023	85.3	263 of 1915	86.3%	★★★★☆
2022	69.0	475 of 1858	74.4%	★★★★☆
2019	65.8	541 of 1833	70.5%	★★★★☆
2018	63.4	661 of 1760	62.4%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.8	214 of 1900	88.7%	★★★★☆
2024	79.5	301 of 1902	84.2%	★★★★☆
2023	79.2	325 of 1917	83.0%	★★★★☆
2022	49.9	838 of 1861	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	56.9	706 of 1814	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.1	711 of 1742	59.2%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	38.4	176 of 290	39.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.3	255 of 2013	87.3%	★★★★☆
2024	78.6	351 of 2026	82.7%	★★★★☆
2023	73.6	421 of 2030	79.3%	★★★★☆
2022	60.4	621 of 1943	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.1	682 of 1937	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.4	761 of 1862	59.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	90.2	181 of 1942	90.7%	★★★★★
2024	87.9	234 of 1948	88.0%	★★★★☆
2023	78.9	388 of 1963	80.2%	★★★★☆
2022	62.8	595 of 1916	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.6	562 of 1880	70.1%	★★★★☆
2018	62.2	684 of 1834	62.7%	★★★☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	53.9	81 of 175	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	84.0	24 of 190	87.4%	★★★★☆
2022	38.7	102 of 168	39.3%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	81.4	107 of 577	81.5%	★★★★☆
2024	75.4	138 of 574	76.0%	★★★★☆
2023	52.1	267 of 541	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.5	364 of 515	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	60.7	167 of 422	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.0	210 of 366	42.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.6	67 of 1252	94.6%	★★★★★
2024	88.4	85 of 1216	93.0%	★★★★★
2023	75.3	180 of 1197	85.0%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	90.6	66 of 1155	94.3%	★★★★★
2024	85.0	135 of 1173	88.5%	★★★★☆
2023	80.8	214 of 1193	82.1%	★★★★☆
2022	72.9	289 of 1204	76.0%	★★★★☆
2019	67.3	377 of 1222	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.9	444 of 1173	62.1%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)95th percentile~ school

White (2025)94th percentile~ school

Female (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)91st percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)89th percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)87th percentile-6 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)81st percentile-11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)72nd percentile-14 vs school

Disabled (2022)70th percentile-4 vs school

Military Connected (2025)54th percentile-39 vs school

Homeless (2022)39th percentile-34 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy80%+32 vs state

Science57%+24 vs state

Mathematics52%+15 vs state

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E = Elementary, M = Middle, H = High, A = Alternative, P = Private

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mission Bay High	Public	9-12	2475 Grand Ave.	San Diego	92109	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 536-0136	1,240	61	20.3	44.4%	545 (44.0%)	35 (2.8%)	456 (36.8%)	58 (4.7%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	140 (11.3%)	92.6	154^th of 2162 public high schools	92.9%		86.2	302^nd of 2159 public high schools	86.0%	148	57.7		57.1	80.5	80.5	52.0	52.0	$19,410	$2,964	$16,446
Clairemont High	Public	9-12	4150 Ute Dr.	San Diego	92117	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 605-2600	823	36	22.5	57.4%	302 (36.7%)	15 (1.8%)	398 (48.4%)	36 (4.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (8.1%)	61.6	780^th of 2162 public high schools	63.9%		53.7	914^th of 2159 public high schools	57.7%	134	35.2		34.5	60.6	60.6	23.4	23.4	$21,697	$4,333	$17,364
High Technical High Mesa	Public, Charter	9-12	5331 Mt. Alifan	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	High Technical High Mesa District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 795-1810	435	20	21.7	40.5%	165 (37.9%)	16 (3.7%)	169 (38.9%)	64 (14.7%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	15 (3.4%)	93.4	135^th of 2162 public high schools	93.8%		82.8	361^st of 2159 public high schools	83.3%	226		45.4	45.4	89.8	89.8	49.0	49.0	$15,213	$609	$14,604
San Diego Metro Career and Technical	Public	9-12	7250 Mesa College Dr. Rm. K-20	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 388-2299	119	10	12.0	49.6%	49 (41.2%)	6 (5.0%)	44 (37.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (14.3%)	68.5	625^th of 2162 public high schools	71.1%		47.5	1067^th of 2159 public high schools	50.6%	442	46.2		44.4	69.2	69.2	19.2	19.2	$33,263	$3,505	$29,758
Twain High	Public	7-12	6402 Linda Vista Rd.	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 800-5300	293	30	9.6	88.1%	26 (8.9%)	24 (8.2%)	204 (69.6%)	18 (6.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (6.5%)	15.3	1799^th of 2162 public high schools	16.8%		16.9	1762^nd of 2159 public high schools	18.4%	37	8.2	4.8	7.5	21.3	21.3	3.9	3.9	$33,223	$5,163	$28,060
San Diego County Regional Occupational Program	Public	9-12	6401 Linda Vista Rd.	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego County Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 292-3500	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	3127 Jefferson St.	San Diego	92110	San Diego County	Mono County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 235-6884	198	11	18.7	100.0%	37 (18.7%)	19 (9.6%)	117 (59.1%)	15 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.0%)								(n/a)								$16,029	$2,691	$13,338
Madison High	Public	9-12	4833 Doliva Dr.	San Diego	92117	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 536-0336	780	38	20.3	80.8%	97 (12.4%)	71 (9.1%)	494 (63.3%)	38 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.4%)	67 (8.6%)	52.7	976^th of 2162 public high schools	54.9%		39.4	1255^th of 2159 public high schools	41.9%	279	33.2		33.2	45.2	45.2	24.4	24.4	$22,057	$4,605	$17,452
La Jolla High	Public	9-12	750 Nautilus St.	La Jolla	92037	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 634-8000	1,174	48	24.4	30.2%	645 (54.9%)	9 (0.8%)	297 (25.3%)	92 (7.8%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	125 (10.6%)	89.2	214^th of 2162 public high schools	90.1%		89.9	229^th of 2159 public high schools	89.4%	15	56.7	13.0	53.3	72.6	72.6	54.5	54.5	$17,443	$2,561	$14,882
Kearny Digital Media & Design	Public	9-12	1954 Komet Way	San Diego	92111	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 496-8370	349	14	25.4	73.6%	40 (11.5%)	29 (8.3%)	208 (59.6%)	39 (11.2%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (8.3%)	69.9	602^nd of 2162 public high schools	72.2%		67.9	597^th of 2159 public high schools	72.3%	5	42.3	18.2	39.3	75.0	75.0	23.1	23.1	$21,350	$3,999	$17,351

Frequently Asked Questions about Mission Bay High

How many students attend Mission Bay High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,240 students attended Mission Bay High.

What schools feed into Mission Bay High?

Mission Bay High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Crown Point Elementary
Elementary : Pacific Beach Elementary
Elementary : Sessions Elementary
Middle : Pacific Beach Middle

What district is Mission Bay High in?

San Diego Unified

Is Mission Bay High a good school?

Yes. Mission Bay High ranks in the top 7.1% of California high schools.

What is the racial makeup of Mission Bay High?

Students at Mission Bay High are 44% White, 37% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 5% Asian, 3% African American.

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