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Granite Hills High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1719 East Madison Ave.
El Cajon, CA 92019
Phone
(619) 593-5500
District
Grossmont Union High
County
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2414
Classroom Teachers
17

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

5

(10 is best)

Better than 47.7% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Granite Hills High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
34%
41%
46%
55%
22%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
141
134
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 551 22.8%
Grade 10 587 24.3%
Grade 11 614 25.4%
Grade 12 662 27.4%
Total 2414 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 50.1% 43.4% 23.2%
Black 2.7% 5.3% 5.1%
Hispanic 41.6% 44.9% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.7% 5.1% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.0% 1.2% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 62.1% 65.5% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 40.5% 43.8% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 21.6% 21.7% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 487,889 38,965,193
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,043.8 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.5% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.0% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.1% 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 15.9% 15.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 166,467 13,434,847
Single Parent Households With Children 8.1% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.1% 84.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.7% 36.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.7% 30.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.3% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.5% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.0% 13.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.6% 11.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.6% 8.0%
$15,000 or less 6.3% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,403 $172,341,000 45.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,229 $20,357,000 5.3%
Staff $1,164 $19,279,000 5.0%
General Administration $231 $3,835,000 1.0%
School Administration $942 $15,606,000 4.1%
Operation $1,678 $27,792,000 7.3%
Transportation $446 $7,386,000 1.9%
Other $899 $14,886,000 3.9%
Total Support $6,588 $109,141,000 28.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,144 $101,788,000 26.6%
Total Expenditures $23,136 $383,270,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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