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SIATech

Q: Is SIATech a good school?

SIATech ranks in the bottom 20.3% of California high schools.

Q: How many students attend SIATech?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,174 students attended SIATech.

Q: What is the racial makeup of SIATech?

Students at SIATech are 69% Hispanic, 13% African American, 7% White, 7% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Public, Charter Grades 10-12

1723^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 20% of California high schools

Summary

SIATech is a public high school in Oceanside, California, serving about 1,174 students in grades 10-12 within the SIATech District, which ranks in the bottom 13% of all districts in the state.

The school serves a student population with significant challenges, as evidenced by a 92.67% rate of economic disadvantage and a chronic absenteeism rate of 46.4%. Academic performance is well below state averages, with only about 25% of students proficient in English and 2% in math, and the school has an extremely low graduation rate of 21.9% paired with a very high dropout rate of 75.7%. It's important to understand that SIATech appears to function similarly to an alternative or continuation school, like nearby Alta Vista High (Continuation), focusing on students who may have struggled in traditional settings, which helps contextualize these outcomes.

Despite spending significantly more per student ($26,489) than comprehensive high schools like Carlsbad High ($14,451) or El Camino High ($9,436), academic results remain low, suggesting the funding supports intensive services for a high-needs population rather than translating to standard proficiency metrics. For families, this indicates SIATech has a specific mission focused on re-engaging at-risk youth, which is a very different environment compared to the high-performing comprehensive high schools in the Carlsbad Unified or Oceanside Unified districts.

1,174

Students ?

26.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

92.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2611 Temple Heights Dr. Ste. A
Oceanside, CA 92056-3582

(760) 945-1227

District: SIATech District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

68.7%

African American:

13.1%

White:

7.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 19th percentile in 2019 → 20th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (14% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!Graduation rate below the California average (22% vs 86%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school14%

California avg41%

1,723^rd of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 20%▲ up 2 pts since 2019

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1349^th of 1,543SIATech District 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	18.2	1723 of 2162	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	1725 of 2159	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.9	1675 of 2170	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.1	1607 of 2123	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.9	1734 of 2133	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.6	482 of 523	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.6	395 of 517	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	476 of 521	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	483 of 522	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	458 of 592	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	18.7	1156 of 1161	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	45.0	481 of 1117	56.9%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.7	771 of 1085	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	58.4	228 of 1064	78.6%	★★★★☆
2022	60.3	198 of 1044	81.0%	★★★★☆
2019	39.3	475 of 941	49.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.1	1607 of 1906	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.6	1597 of 1915	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.4	1622 of 1915	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.7	1569 of 1858	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.4	1660 of 1833	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	1515 of 1900	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	1493 of 1902	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.7	1482 of 1917	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.8	1479 of 1861	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	1467 of 1814	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	1579 of 2013	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	1578 of 2026	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.4	1581 of 2030	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	1468 of 1943	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	1564 of 1937	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.9	1561 of 1942	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	1565 of 1948	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	1485 of 1963	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.2	1421 of 1916	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.7	1490 of 1880	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	2.8	572 of 577	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.6	566 of 574	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.1	417 of 422	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.5	862 of 1252	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.3	903 of 1216	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.8	871 of 1197	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.0	1042 of 1155	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.9	1102 of 1173	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.7	991 of 1193	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	43.9	666 of 1204	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	4.4	1172 of 1222	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)31st percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)29th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)20th percentile~ school

Male (2025)20th percentile~ school

Female (2025)16th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)10th percentile-11 vs school

African American (2025)8th percentile-12 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)1st percentile-19 vs school

Disabled (2022)<1st percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy25%-24 vs state

Science20%-12 vs state

Mathematics2%-35 vs state

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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 (2025)
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 10th Grade	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
SIATech	Public, Charter	10-12	2611 Temple Heights Dr. Ste. A	Oceanside	92056	San Diego County	SIATech District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 945-1227	1,174	44	26.4	92.7%	88 (7.5%)	154 (13.1%)	807 (68.7%)	12 (1.0%)	9 (0.8%)	9 (0.8%)	87 (7.4%)	18.2	1723^rd of 2162 public high schools	20.3%		18.7	1725^th of 2159 public high schools	20.1%	2			20.4	20.4	24.8	24.8	2.3	2.3
North County Trade Technical High	Public, Charter	9-12	1132 N Melrose Drive Ste. 501	Vista	92083	San Diego County	North County Trade Technical High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 598-0782	145	13	11.3	69.0%	30 (20.7%)	2 (1.4%)	95 (65.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	14 (9.7%)	28.2	1521^st of 2162 public high schools	29.6%		37	1314^th of 2159 public high schools	39.1%	207	20.7			18.8	29.4	29.4	11.8	11.8
Major General Raymond Murray High	Public	10-12	215 North Melrose Dr.	Vista	92083	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 631-2502	146	14	10.3	89.7%	9 (6.2%)	2 (1.4%)	132 (90.4%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	9.5	2042^nd of 2162 public high schools	5.6%		12.6	1908^th of 2159 public high schools	11.6%	134		2.4	6.3	3.5	4.3	4.3	0.0	0.0	$48,252	$45,848	$2,404
Vista Adult Transition Center	Public	12	325 East Bobier Dr.	Vista	92084	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 758-3400	107	9	12.5	69.2%	29 (27.1%)	3 (2.8%)	71 (66.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.8%)								(n/a)
Vista High	Public	9-12	1 Panther Way	Vista	92084	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 726-5611	1,746	105	16.5	84.7%	148 (8.5%)	21 (1.2%)	1,491 (85.4%)	24 (1.4%)	2 (0.1%)	7 (0.4%)	47 (2.7%)	39.1	1287^th of 2162 public high schools	40.5%		47.7	1060^th of 2159 public high schools	50.9%	227		16.0	24.6	20.3	41.0	41.0	12.4	12.4	$29,183	$27,242	$1,941
El Camino High	Public	9-12	400 Rancho del Oro Dr.	Oceanside	92057	San Diego County	Oceanside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 901-8000	2,463	106	23.2	67.0%	430 (17.5%)	96 (3.9%)	1,533 (62.2%)	157 (6.4%)	4 (0.2%)	51 (2.1%)	184 (7.5%)	64	713^th of 2162 public high schools	67.0%		65.3	644^th of 2159 public high schools	70.2%	69		36.5	13.6	35.6	53.6	53.6	31.9	31.9	$20,871	$19,776	$1,095
Mission Vista High	Public	9-12	1306 Melrose Dr.	Oceanside	92057	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 758-6800	1,670	76	21.9	44.1%	659 (39.5%)	37 (2.2%)	673 (40.3%)	126 (7.5%)	6 (0.4%)	8 (0.5%)	147 (8.8%)	93.3	139^th of 2162 public high schools	93.6%		95.5	101^st of 2159 public high schools	95.3%	38		53.2	52.4	52.8	89.4	89.4	48.0	48.0	$21,726	$20,688	$1,038
Alta Vista High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1575 Bonair Dr.	Vista	92084	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 724-3775	90	9	9.6	94.4%	4 (4.4%)	1 (1.1%)	80 (88.9%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	22.6	1636^th of 2162 public high schools	24.3%		17.9	1738^th of 2159 public high schools	19.5%	102			14.3	8.7	0.0	0.0			$74,132	$69,778	$4,354
Rancho Buena Vista High	Public	9-12	1601 Longhorn Dr.	Vista	92081	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 727-7284	1,949	103	18.9	70.1%	414 (21.2%)	32 (1.6%)	1,300 (66.7%)	79 (4.1%)	8 (0.4%)	10 (0.5%)	101 (5.2%)	68.2	632^nd of 2162 public high schools	70.8%		73.6	513^th of 2159 public high schools	76.2%	119		31.5	3.5	29.6	62.3	62.3	39.1	39.1	$26,391	$24,728	$1,663
Sage Creek High	Public	9-12	3900 Bobcat Blvd.	Carlsbad	92010	San Diego County	Carlsbad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 331-6600	1,289	52	24.7	29.8%	622 (48.3%)	15 (1.2%)	330 (25.6%)	173 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	143 (11.1%)	94.7	101^st of 2162 public high schools	95.3%		97	69^th of 2159 public high schools	96.8%	32			59.8	59.8	76.9	76.9	59.5	59.5	$20,985	$20,546	$439

Frequently Asked Questions about SIATech

What district is SIATech in?

SIATech District

How many students attend SIATech?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,174 students attended SIATech.

What is the racial makeup of SIATech?

Students at SIATech are 69% Hispanic, 13% African American, 7% White, 7% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Is SIATech a good school?

SIATech ranks in the bottom 20.3% of California high schools.

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