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El Camino High

Q: Is El Camino High a good school?

El Camino High ranks 713 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

713^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 67% of California high schools

Summary

El Camino High is a large public high school serving grades 9-12 with about 2,463 students in the Oceanside Unified school district, consistently performing as the stronger academic option within its district.

The school's greatest strength is its success in helping students graduate, with a 95.9% graduation rate and a very low dropout rate of 2.2%, both of which are the best among nearby comprehensive high schools like Oceanside High. Academically, El Camino outperforms its district peers, especially in English, though math and science scores remain an area for growth compared to state averages. It's notable that the school achieves these solid outcomes while spending significantly less per student than schools in neighboring districts such as Carlsbad High and Mission Vista High.

While El Camino High is a steady performer, it's important for parents to know that performance varies among different student groups; the school shows particular effectiveness with military-connected families but faces challenges in supporting students in Special Education and English Language Learner programs. Overall, El Camino provides a reliable educational path with strong graduation results, particularly when compared directly to other schools within the Oceanside Unified district serving similar communities.

2,463

Students ?

23.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,436

Per pupil spending ?

67%

Free/discounted lunch ?

400 Rancho del Oro Dr.
Oceanside, CA 92057-8316

(760) 901-8000

District: Oceanside Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

62.2%

White:

17.5%

Two or more races:

7.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 57th percentile in 2015 → 67th in 2025

Strengths

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the California median (67th percentile)

Worth a look

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

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school40%

District avg36%

California avg41%

713^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 33%▲ up 10 pts since 2015

From top 43% (2015) to top 33% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3High Schools in the Oceanside Unified

789^th of 1,543Oceanside 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	64.0	713 of 2162	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.3	644 of 2159	70.2%	★★★★☆
2023	64.6	674 of 2170	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.0	697 of 2123	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	61.7	447 of 1290	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.1	694 of 2133	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	74.3	504 of 2017	75.0%	★★★★☆
2017	74.0	523 of 2021	74.1%	★★★★☆
2016	75.5	455 of 2039	77.7%	★★★★☆
2015	56.0	851 of 1994	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	62.9	462 of 2426	81.0%	★★★★☆
2012	60.2	535 of 2354	77.3%	★★★★☆
2011	56.2	636 of 2367	73.1%	★★★★☆
2010	56.8	582 of 2281	74.5%	★★★★☆
2009	60.2	466 of 2238	79.2%	★★★★☆
2008	63.9	397 of 2117	81.2%	★★★★☆
2007	62.9	396 of 2063	80.8%	★★★★☆
2006	66.5	343 of 1968	82.6%	★★★★☆
2005	63.8	352 of 1901	81.5%	★★★★☆
2004	56.6	393 of 1653	76.2%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	62.9	157 of 523	70.0%	★★★★☆
2024	73.9	105 of 517	79.7%	★★★★☆
2023	76.7	93 of 521	82.1%	★★★★☆
2022	66.3	131 of 522	74.9%	★★★★☆
2019	61.7	174 of 592	70.6%	★★★★☆
2018	70.4	156 of 582	73.2%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.6	333 of 585	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	56.1	301 of 573	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.7	325 of 591	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.4	404 of 581	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.8	332 of 582	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.1	335 of 581	42.3%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	29.9	827 of 1161	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.9	451 of 555	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	49.3	425 of 1117	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.5	225 of 1052	78.6%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	35.8	691 of 1085	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.6	727 of 1064	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.7	396 of 1044	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	46.7	200 of 467	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	32.3	684 of 941	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	61.9	198 of 938	78.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	66.9	583 of 1906	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.8	602 of 1915	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.9	620 of 1915	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.3	677 of 1858	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	58.3	413 of 1054	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.3	579 of 1833	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	71.1	509 of 1760	71.1%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.2	733 of 1900	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.7	602 of 1902	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.2	563 of 1917	70.6%	★★★★☆
2022	61.1	593 of 1861	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.1	684 of 1814	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	75.7	396 of 1742	77.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.4	805 of 2013	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.9	685 of 2026	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.0	652 of 2030	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.5	710 of 1943	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.1	499 of 1126	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.1	848 of 1937	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	70.4	509 of 1862	72.7%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	56.5	797 of 1942	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.2	660 of 1948	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.6	655 of 1963	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.6	647 of 1916	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	57.3	433 of 1122	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.7	783 of 1880	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	72.4	492 of 1834	73.2%	★★★★☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	75.5	36 of 175	79.4%	★★★★☆
2024	51.3	86 of 183	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.0	87 of 190	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.1	83 of 168	50.6%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	44.4	336 of 577	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.3	297 of 574	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	17.8	443 of 541	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.1	350 of 515	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.9	286 of 422	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.5	258 of 366	29.5%	★★☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	48.9	6 of 16	62.5%	★★★★☆
2023	39.6	10 of 19	47.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.0	4 of 14	71.4%	★★★★☆
2019	34.9	16 of 21	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.2	12 of 20	40.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.9	907 of 1252	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.3	625 of 1216	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.8	609 of 1197	49.1%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.5	297 of 1155	74.3%	★★★★☆
2024	61.5	449 of 1173	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	68.6	357 of 1193	70.1%	★★★★☆
2022	62.0	437 of 1204	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.9	504 of 1222	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	77.7	254 of 1173	78.3%	★★★★☆

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)

Military Connected (2025)79th percentile+12 vs school

White (2025)74th percentile+7 vs school

African American (2025)70th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)69th percentile~ school

Pacific Islander (2024)62nd percentile-8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)61st percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)60th percentile-7 vs school

Male (2025)59th percentile-8 vs school

Asian (2025)43rd percentile-24 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)42nd percentile-25 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)36th percentile-34 vs school

Disabled (2022)29th percentile-38 vs school

Special Education (2025)28th percentile-39 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy54%+5 vs state

Science36%+3 vs state

Mathematics32%-5 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 (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 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
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	$9,436	$493	$8,943
Oceanside Unified School District Adult Transition Program	Public	12	707 Carey Rd.	Oceanside	92058	San Diego County	Oceanside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 901-7170	55	5	11.0	81.8%	8 (14.5%)	3 (5.5%)	37 (67.3%)	5 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)								(n/a)									$33,686	$2,686	$31,000
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	$26,489	$779	$25,710
Oceanside High	Public	9-12	1 Pirates Cove	Oceanside	92054	San Diego County	Oceanside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 901-8200	1,948	90	21.6	74.5%	391 (20.1%)	87 (4.5%)	1,232 (63.2%)	39 (2.0%)	10 (0.5%)	40 (2.1%)	141 (7.2%)	41.6	1223^rd of 2162 public high schools	43.4%		35.1	1368^th of 2159 public high schools	36.6%	145		23.6	10.5	23.0	42.3	42.3	20.4	20.4	$10,529	$385	$10,144
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	$27,870	$1,498	$26,372
Surfside High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1125 South Ditmar St.	Oceanside	92054	San Diego County	Oceanside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 901-8600	119	10	12.1	92.4%	15 (12.6%)	2 (1.7%)	96 (80.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	4 (3.4%)	7.7	2131^st of 2162 public high schools	1.4%		16.1	1786^th of 2159 public high schools	17.3%	345		1.5		1.3	2.9	2.9	0.0	0.0	$14,345	$171	$14,174
Carlsbad High	Public	9-12	3557 Lancer Way	Carlsbad	92008	San Diego County	Carlsbad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 331-5100	2,336	98	23.8	31.5%	1,440 (61.6%)	37 (1.6%)	592 (25.3%)	65 (2.8%)	5 (0.2%)	8 (0.3%)	186 (8.0%)	89.3	211^th of 2162 public high schools	90.2%		86.2	303^rd of 2159 public high schools	86.0%	92		51.9	35.3	51.4	76.9	76.9	49.1	49.1	$14,451	$495	$13,956
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	$24,330	$3,600	$20,730
Carlsbad Village Academy	Public	10-12	3557 Lancer Way	Carlsbad	92008	San Diego County	Carlsbad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 331-5200	38	6	6.5	76.3%	11 (28.9%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (57.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)	3 (7.9%)	36.9	1332^nd of 2162 public high schools	38.4%		23.2	1623^rd of 2159 public high schools	24.8%	291		5.6		4.6	61.1	61.1	11.8	11.8	$30,990	$1,146	$29,844
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	$16,114	$1,899	$14,215

Frequently Asked Questions about El Camino High

What district is El Camino High in?

Oceanside Unified

What is the racial makeup of El Camino High?

Students at El Camino High are 62% Hispanic, 17% White, 7% Two or more races, 6% Asian, 4% African American, 2% Pacific Islander.

How many students attend El Camino High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,463 students attended El Camino High.

Is El Camino High a good school?

El Camino High ranks 713^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What schools feed into El Camino High?

El Camino High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Christa McAuliffe Elementary
Elementary : Del Rio Elementary
Elementary : Ivey Ranch Elementary
Elementary : Libby Elementary
Elementary : Nichols Elementary
Middle : Cesar Chavez Middle
Middle : Martin Luther King Junior Middle

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