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Best High Schools in Zip Code 92105

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ZIP code 92105 has two high schools serving grades 9–12: Health Sciences High and Middle College and Trace. The available 2024–2025 test results for Health Sciences were below state rates in every reported subject and grade grouping; its all-grades math rate was 6%, 31 percentage points below the state. Trace’s test results were not supplied, so the schools cannot be compared on achievement. The most urgent reported result is Trace’s 0% graduation rate in 2025–2026, 88 percentage points below the state rate.

Trace stands out as the most concerning school in the supplied 2025–2026 outcomes: its dropout rate was 14%, 6 points above the state, and chronic absenteeism was 34%, 16 points above the state. By contrast, Health Sciences reported a 99% graduation rate and 1% dropout rate for 2023–2024. Those earlier figures are notable, but they are not a same-year comparison with Trace’s results. Health Sciences also reported 34% chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025; because the school and state absenteeism figures are from different years, they should not be compared directly.

SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Health Sciences fell from the 42nd percentile in 2022–2023 to the 24th percentile in 2024–2025, a drop of 18 percentile points; its rank number worsened by 395 places. The two schools also differ in reported context: Health Sciences had a student-teacher ratio of 20.5, compared with 12.6 at Trace, and its free/reduced lunch eligible share was 72% versus 87% at Trace in 2024–2025. These figures describe the schools but do not establish a cause for their outcomes. Health Sciences’ high earlier graduation result and its later ranking decline are distinct measures, so the ranking history does not show whether its test scores rose or fell.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Health Sciences High and Middle College	Public, Charter	9-12	3910 University Ave. Ste. 100	San Diego	92105	San Diego County	Health Sciences High and Middle College District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 528-9070	535	26	20.5	72.0%	13 (2.4%)	68 (12.7%)	409 (76.4%)	16 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	26 (4.9%)								(n/a)
Trace	Public	9-12	4063 Polk Ave.	San Diego	92105	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-6120	437	35	12.6	87.2%	51 (11.7%)	59 (13.5%)	264 (60.4%)	39 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.8%)								(n/a)	$83,352	$79,914	$3,438

Cities Near Zip Code 92105

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
San Diego	0.38 mi	330	347^th
La Mesa	2.67 mi	21	321^st
Lemon Grove	2.69 mi	7	536^th
National City	3.51 mi	18	647^th
Spring Valley	4.5 mi	16	551^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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