Summary:
ZIP code 92020 has 13 schools: seven elementary, two middle, three high schools and one alternative school, with enrollment ranging from 37 students at Grossmont Middle College High to 2,160 at Literacy First Charter. In 2024–2025, the unweighted averages across the schools were 37% in ELA, 27% in math and 24% in science, below state results of 49%, 37% and 33%. The most important finding is how widely results vary: the highest-to-lowest school gaps were 85 points in ELA, 87 in math and 75 in science.
Grossmont Middle College High led all schools in all three 2024–2025 subjects, with 93% in ELA, 87% in math and 75% in science. Among elementary schools, Fuerte Elementary stood out, leading elementary results in math (57%) and science (61%) and nearly matching the ELA leader, at 59% versus 60% for Literacy First Charter. At the other end, Chaparral High had just 3% in ELA, 3% in math and 0% in science in 2025–2026; its graduation rate was 55%, compared with 88% statewide.
For the ten schools with results in both years, average ELA and math results fell by about 1 and 2 points, while science rose by 3 points; the group’s gap from the state widened in ELA and math, while the science gap was nearly unchanged. Individual results differed: Fuerte had the highest 2025–2026 math result at 62%, but its science score fell by 14 points, while Grossmont Middle College High’s math score dropped by 35 points and remained above the state. SchoolDigger ranked Fuerte in the 81st percentile and Chaparral in the 2nd percentile in 2025–2026. As context, free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025 were 95% at Johnson Elementary and 59% at Fuerte; such figures describe the schools, not the cause of their results. Since schools serve different grades, comparisons among schools with similar grade spans are most useful.
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