Summary:
The High Technical High Chula Vista District has one high school, High Technical High Chula Vista, serving grades 9–12 and 626 students in Chula Vista. Its 2025–26 results show a sharply divided academic picture: ELA proficiency was above California’s rate, while math and science were below it. The most important finding is that the school’s three-subject average moved from 2 points above the state average in 2024–25 to 2 points below in 2025–26, chiefly as math results fell.
The district list includes only one school, so there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison; the school is both the sole leader and the sole trailer. ELA is its clear strength: 68% of students were proficient, compared with 49% statewide, an 18-point advantage. Math is the clearest weakness, at 22% versus 38% statewide, a 16-point shortfall; science was 27% versus 36%, a 9-point deficit. Other outcomes are more positive: the graduation rate was 97%, 9 points above California’s rate, and the dropout rate was 3%, 6 points lower. Chronic absenteeism, however, was 19%, 1 point higher than the state rate.
Results changed unevenly over the two years reported. The school’s math proficiency dropped 8 points while the state’s increased 1 point, widening the math gap from 7 to 16 points. Science dipped by 1 point as the state rose by 3, so that deficit widened from 5 to 9 points; ELA increased by 1 point, leaving its strong state comparison largely intact. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile also declined, from 76 in 2023–24 to 68 in 2024–25 and 57 in 2025–26; its rating went from 4 stars to 3, and its rank changed from 516 of 2,159 to 928 of 2,137. For context, the school’s student–teacher ratio is 19, and 47% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. These context measures do not explain the results.
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