Escondido High

Summary:

Escondido High is a public high school located in Escondido, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,898 students. The school is part of the Escondido Union High School District, which is ranked 721 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Escondido High has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past decade, ranging from a high of 658 out of 1,994 California high schools in 2014-2015 to a low of 1,231 out of 2,123 in 2021-2022. The school is currently ranked 884 out of 2,323 California high schools for the 2023-2024 school year and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. Academically, Escondido High's performance on standardized tests, such as the Smarter Balanced Assessments and the California Science Test (CAST), is generally below the state average and the performance of nearby schools like San Pasqual High and Mission Hills High. The school's four-year graduation rate has declined from 89.4% in 2019-2020 to 85.1% in 2022-2023, which is lower than the graduation rates of San Pasqual High (89.5%) and Mission Hills High (94.8%).

Escondido High has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 15.0% in 2018-2019 to 33.4% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the chronic absenteeism rates of San Pasqual High (25.3%) and Mission Hills High (21.1%). The school's high percentage of low-income students, with 86.41% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, may contribute to the challenges it faces in academic performance and other key metrics, highlighting the need for targeted interventions and support to address the unique needs of this student population.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1535 North Broadway
       Escondido, CA  92026-2015


(760) 291-4000

District: Escondido Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
884th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,316 Help


Feeder schools for Escondido High:

Elementary:    Conway Elementary
    Farr Avenue Elementary
    Glen View Elementary
    Lincoln Elementary
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Middle:    Rincon Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  18.0 Help
Number of students:  1,771

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
80.7%
White:
10.6%
Asian:
4.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  82.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Escondido High ranks better than 61.9% of high schools in California. It also ranks 3rd among 5 ranked high schools in the Escondido Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.19. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Escondido High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (80.7%), White (10.6%), Asian (4.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 82.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Escondido High is 18, which is the 2nd best among 5 high schools in the Escondido Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Escondido High is $8,316. 2 high schools in the Escondido Union High School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Escondido High:

SchoolDigger ranks Escondido High 884th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Escondido High in the ranking list.)

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Escondido Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Escondido Union High 721st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Escondido High

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Rank History for all students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 64.37 277th 1653 83.2%
2005 60.93 395th 1901 79.2%
2006 64.21 380th 1968 80.7%
2007 60.54 443rd 2063 78.5%
2008 67.22 319th 2117 84.9%
2009 61.90 414th 2238 81.5%
2010 54.25 641st 2281 71.9%
2011 56.15 637th 2367 73.1%
2012 52.23 732nd 2354 68.9%
2013 53.56 690th 2426 71.6%
2015 64.92 658th 1994 67.0%
2016 61.57 755th 2039 63.0%
2017 56.66 870th 2021 57.0%
2018 60.69 784th 2017 61.1%
2019 58.15 790th 2133 63.0%
2021 43.00 713th 1290 44.7%
2022 38.04 1231st 2123 42.0%
2023 45.49 985th 2348 58.0%
2024 49.19 884th 2323 61.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.17 241st 938 74.3%
2019 34.13 630th 941 33.0%
2021 36.73 275th 467 41.1%
2022 46.49 377th 1044 63.9%
2023 45.53 339th 1323 74.4%
2024 42.77 391st 1350 71.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 34.19 851st 1547 45.0%
2024 32.26 907th 1534 40.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.59 653rd 1862 64.9%
2019 58.69 712th 1937 63.2%
2021 42.97 655th 1126 41.8%
2022 40.65 1109th 1943 42.9%
2023 53.55 793rd 2247 64.7%
2024 53.16 777th 2235 65.2%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 59.52 132nd 417 68.3%
2024 68.63 100th 451 77.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.83 788th 1760 55.2%
2019 58.41 662nd 1833 63.9%
2021 34.45 713th 1054 32.4%
2022 36.40 1144th 1858 38.4%
2023 47.74 879th 2118 58.5%
2024 47.96 876th 2098 58.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.47 350th 1052 66.7%
2019 38.96 574th 1117 48.6%
2021 24.04 456th 555 17.8%
2022 33.24 727th 1161 37.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.55 712th 1834 61.2%
2019 53.33 787th 1880 58.1%
2021 44.20 590th 1122 47.4%
2022 37.65 1113th 1916 41.9%
2023 40.33 1035th 2207 53.1%
2024 48.25 856th 2172 60.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.61 310th 581 46.6%
2019 48.03 349th 582 40.0%
2022 56.91 279th 581 52.0%
2023 53.48 378th 731 48.3%
2024 67.06 251st 712 64.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.06 192nd 582 67.0%
2019 78.43 91st 592 84.6%
2023 55.03 264th 720 63.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.52 671st 1742 61.5%
2019 58.22 679th 1814 62.6%
2022 39.71 1105th 1861 40.6%
2023 48.03 907th 2142 57.7%
2024 48.99 858th 2125 59.6%
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Rank History for White students at Escondido High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.45 434th 1173 63.0%
2019 73.57 277th 1222 77.3%
2022 38.58 738th 1204 38.7%
2023 43.74 694th 1434 51.6%
2024 61.33 427th 1406 69.6%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Escondido High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1170 16 101 292 11 n/a n/a 0 1590
1989 1109 20 111 334 21 n/a n/a 0 1595
1990 1076 19 117 377 10 n/a n/a 0 1599
1991 951 29 136 478 10 n/a n/a 0 1604
1992 1022 36 140 600 9 n/a n/a 0 1807
1993 996 47 146 691 6 n/a n/a 0 1886
1994 1016 45 149 707 12 n/a n/a 0 1929
1995 1020 43 180 795 12 n/a n/a 0 2050
1996 1020 43 180 795 12 n/a n/a 0 2050
1997 1032 54 179 815 21 n/a n/a 0 2101
1998 1065 59 165 827 22 n/a n/a 0 2138
1999 1017 67 163 811 18 n/a n/a 0 2076
2000 1064 71 142 843 16 n/a n/a 0 2136
2001 1091 68 142 903 16 n/a n/a 0 2220
2002 1122 51 148 1035 11 n/a n/a 2 2369
2003 1122 51 148 1035 11 n/a n/a 2 2369
2004 1087 64 164 1147 16 n/a n/a 8 2486
2005 1074 72 173 1307 21 n/a n/a 12 2659
2006 1020 90 160 1424 26 n/a n/a 20 2740
2007 937 93 173 1568 20 n/a n/a 25 2816
2008 919 93 178 1657 16 n/a n/a 0 2863
2009 838 90 171 1693 13 13 21 0 2839
2010 759 96 183 1772 11 12 11 0 2844
2011 705 93 185 1731 12 13 5 0 2744
2012 646 84 166 1802 6 13 8 0 2725
2013 573 90 144 1811 4 12 11 0 2645
2014 527 77 144 1736 5 9 19 0 2517
2015 475 74 144 1766 9 5 20 0 2493
2016 436 80 137 1737 7 2 16 0 2415
2017 376 72 128 1783 8 5 9 0 2381
2018 346 64 129 1816 10 6 8 0 2379
2019 305 58 113 1745 10 5 8 0 2244
2020 273 52 101 1757 14 4 14 0 2215
2021 239 37 98 1691 12 3 31 0 2111
2022 240 37 94 1684 9 3 32 0 2099
2023 222 31 93 1529 9 2 12 0 1898
2024 188 30 86 1430 8 2 25 2 1771

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Escondido High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1590 75.3 21.1 n/a
1989 1595 63.2 25.2 n/a
1990 1599 68.4 23.3 n/a
1991 1604 71.4 22.4 n/a
1992 1807 72.6 24.8 26.8
1993 1886 75.6 24.9 0
1994 1929 79.7 24.2 26.6
1995 2050 78.8 26.0 27.3
1996 2050 78.8 26.0 27.3
1997 2101 85.3 24.6 25.2
1998 2138 85.4 25.0 22.5
1999 2076 87.9 23.6 25.7
2000 2136 92.4 23.1 18.2
2001 2220 94.8 23.4 18.9
2002 2369 107.4 22.1 13.9
2003 2369 107.4 22.1 13.9
2004 2486 109.2 22.8 17
2005 2659 113.0 23.5 13.3
2006 2740 117.3 23.4 15.5
2007 2816 113.5 24.8 32.2
2008 2863 134.4 21.3 28.4
2009 2839 117.1 21.5 41.6
2010 2844 114.2 24.9 39.5
2011 2744 n/a n/a 50.5
2012 2725 110.6 24.6 58.6
2013 2645 110.0 24.0 63.2
2014 2517 107.4 23.4 67.7
2015 2493 107.0 23.2 71.6
2016 2415 104.0 23.2 70.1
2017 2381 105.8 22.5 69.5
2018 2379 107.2 22.1 70.9
2019 2244 104.3 21.5 70.9
2020 2215 n/a n/a 74.1
2021 2111 97.4 21.6 78.4
2022 2099 105.0 19.9 79.8
2023 1898 98.4 19.2 86.4
2024 1771 98.2 18.0 82.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Escondido High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1590 75.3 21.1 n/a
1989 1595 63.2 25.2 n/a
1990 1599 68.4 23.3 n/a
1991 1604 71.4 22.4 n/a
1992 1807 72.6 24.8 26.8
1993 1886 75.6 24.9 0
1994 1929 79.7 24.2 26.6
1995 2050 78.8 26.0 27.3
1996 2050 78.8 26.0 27.3
1997 2101 85.3 24.6 25.2
1998 2138 85.4 25.0 22.5
1999 2076 87.9 23.6 25.7
2000 2136 92.4 23.1 18.2
2001 2220 94.8 23.4 18.9
2002 2369 107.4 22.1 13.9
2003 2369 107.4 22.1 13.9
2004 2486 109.2 22.8 17
2005 2659 113.0 23.5 13.3
2006 2740 117.3 23.4 15.5
2007 2816 113.5 24.8 32.2
2008 2863 134.4 21.3 28.4
2009 2839 117.1 21.5 41.6
2010 2844 114.2 24.9 39.5
2011 2744 n/a n/a 50.5
2012 2725 110.6 24.6 58.6
2013 2645 110.0 24.0 63.2
2014 2517 107.4 23.4 67.7
2015 2493 107.0 23.2 71.6
2016 2415 104.0 23.2 70.1
2017 2381 105.8 22.5 69.5
2018 2379 107.2 22.1 70.9
2019 2244 104.3 21.5 70.9
2020 2215 n/a n/a 74.1
2021 2111 97.4 21.6 78.4
2022 2099 105.0 19.9 79.8
2023 1898 98.4 19.2 86.4
2024 1771 98.2 18.0 82.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Escondido High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,316

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Escondido High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 790th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 985th of 2348 High schools
 4.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
10th Grade Science (Escondido High)19.518.7
 0.8%
   10th Grade Science (Escondido Union High)2118.7
 2.3%
   10th Grade Science (California)23.224.1
 0.9%
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Escondido High)59.658.1
 1.5%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Escondido Union High)57.653.7
 3.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Escondido High)19.811.9
 7.9%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Escondido Union High)20.815.8
 5.1%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
12th Grade Science (Escondido High)27.923.7
 4.2%
   12th Grade Science (Escondido Union High)24.321.8
 2.5%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students22441898
 15.4%
African American5831
 46.6%
American Indian109
 10%
Asian11393
 17.7%
Hispanic17451529
 12.4%
Pacific Islander52
 60%
White305222
 27.2%
Two or More Races812
 50%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients70.9%86.4%
 15.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Escondido High

Escondido High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Conway Elementary
Elementary : Farr Avenue Elementary
Elementary : Glen View Elementary
Elementary : Lincoln Elementary
Elementary : North Broadway Elementary
Elementary : Reidy Creek Elementary
Elementary : Rock Springs Elementary
Middle : Rincon Middle

Students at Escondido High are 81% Hispanic, 11% White, 5% Asian, 2% African American, 1% Two or more races.

Escondido High ranks 884th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,771 students attended Escondido High.


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