Grossmont High

Summary:

Grossmont High is a public high school located in La Mesa, California, serving 2,175 students in grades 9-12. It is part of the Grossmont Union High School District, which is ranked 660 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. Grossmont High, however, has consistently maintained a 4-star rating, indicating it is a relatively high-performing school within the district and the state.

Grossmont High's academic performance is particularly strong in English Language Arts/Literacy, with 61.23% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to 51.6% for the district and 55.73% for the state. In mathematics, the school's performance is more on par with the district and state averages. Grossmont High also outperforms the district and state in science proficiency, with 39.21% of 11th-grade students proficient or better. However, the school's four-year graduation rate, ranging from 75.8% to 85.4% over the past five years, is generally in line with or slightly below the district and state averages, and its dropout rate has been increasing, reaching 18.9% in 2022-2023, which is significantly higher than the district and state.

Grossmont High's performance varies across different student subgroups, with the school ranking highly for African American and multi-racial students, but lower for Asian and White students. English Language Learners and students with disabilities also perform relatively well at Grossmont High compared to their peers in the district and state, but the school's performance for low-socioeconomic status and homeless students is more mixed. The proximity and generally lower performance of nearby schools, such as Chaparral High, MERIT Academy, and El Cajon Valley High, suggest that Grossmont High may be a relatively strong option for families in the local area seeking a high-quality public high school education.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1100 Murray Dr.
       La Mesa, CA  91944-1043


(619) 668-6000

District: Grossmont Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
558th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,796 Help


Feeder schools for Grossmont High:

Elementary:    Chase Avenue Elementary
    Johnson Elementary
    Lemon Avenue Elementary
    Maryland Avenue Elementary
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Middle:    Parkway Sports and Health Science Academy

Student/teacher ratio:  339.7 Help
Number of students:  2,079

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
44.5%
White:
33.7%
Two or more races:
8.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  63.5% Help


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Compare Details Grossmont High ranks better than 76% of high schools in California. It also ranks 5th among 13 ranked high schools in the Grossmont Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 64.34. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Grossmont 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 (44.5%), White (33.7%), two or more races (8.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 63.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Grossmont High is 339.7. 12 high schools in the Grossmont Union High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Grossmont High is $10,796. 7 high schools in the Grossmont Union High School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Grossmont High:

SchoolDigger ranks Grossmont High 558th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Grossmont High in the ranking list.)

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Grossmont Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Grossmont Union High 660th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Grossmont High

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Rank History for all students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 42.65 646th 1653 60.9%
2005 48.20 628th 1901 67.0%
2006 47.15 687th 1968 65.1%
2007 49.84 659th 2063 68.1%
2008 59.44 482nd 2117 77.2%
2009 55.19 596th 2238 73.4%
2010 56.04 594th 2281 74.0%
2011 60.21 509th 2367 78.5%
2012 64.61 423rd 2354 82.0%
2013 60.83 519th 2426 78.6%
2015 72.18 504th 1994 74.7%
2016 70.17 557th 2039 72.7%
2017 72.99 540th 2021 73.3%
2018 79.99 411th 2017 79.6%
2019 69.08 557th 2133 73.9%
2021 62.83 435th 1290 66.3%
2022 71.25 509th 2123 76.0%
2023 61.98 616th 2348 73.8%
2024 64.34 558th 2323 76.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.62 144th 366 60.7%
2019 29.92 313th 422 25.8%
2022 45.54 288th 515 44.1%
2023 41.34 405th 786 48.5%
2024 79.43 98th 804 87.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.20 368th 938 60.8%
2019 42.46 408th 941 56.6%
2021 49.92 177th 467 62.1%
2022 54.18 270th 1044 74.1%
2023 42.17 413th 1323 68.8%
2024 44.77 352nd 1350 73.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 55.35 377th 1547 75.6%
2024 59.53 329th 1534 78.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.60 445th 1862 76.1%
2019 66.42 533rd 1937 72.5%
2021 58.05 419th 1126 62.8%
2022 60.96 613th 1943 68.5%
2023 54.66 754th 2247 66.4%
2024 63.68 525th 2235 76.5%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 63.03 116th 417 72.2%
2024 79.51 58th 451 87.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.44 344th 1760 80.5%
2019 63.28 578th 1833 68.5%
2021 55.52 449th 1054 57.4%
2022 66.41 516th 1858 72.2%
2023 55.82 690th 2118 67.4%
2024 64.71 523rd 2098 75.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.54 101st 1052 90.4%
2019 58.17 304th 1117 72.8%
2021 46.62 228th 555 58.9%
2022 68.27 214th 1161 81.6%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 57.19 73rd 168 56.5%
2023 59.04 85th 233 63.5%
2024 94.73 7th 234 97.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.97 437th 1834 76.2%
2019 68.10 515th 1880 72.6%
2021 62.97 372nd 1122 66.8%
2022 71.81 456th 1916 76.2%
2023 64.21 546th 2207 75.3%
2024 61.33 576th 2172 73.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.94 494th 581 15.0%
2022 39.90 374th 581 35.6%
2023 13.84 644th 731 11.9%
2024 2.69 696th 712 2.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.65 254th 582 56.4%
2019 50.48 259th 592 56.3%
2022 58.20 169th 522 67.6%
2023 72.78 139th 720 80.7%
2024 66.61 189th 721 73.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.12 344th 1742 80.3%
2019 74.84 355th 1814 80.4%
2022 70.26 426th 1861 77.1%
2023 62.70 549th 2142 74.4%
2024 68.81 414th 2125 80.5%
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Rank History for White students at Grossmont High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.15 283rd 1173 75.9%
2019 56.16 534th 1222 56.3%
2022 59.15 473rd 1204 60.7%
2023 50.04 601st 1434 58.1%
2024 47.69 633rd 1406 55.0%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Grossmont High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1707 15 44 126 5 n/a n/a 0 1897
1989 1585 20 51 129 6 n/a n/a 0 1791
1990 1536 27 70 127 7 n/a n/a 0 1767
1991 1574 40 54 176 6 n/a n/a 0 1850
1992 1600 34 48 195 15 n/a n/a 0 1892
1993 1580 36 56 224 21 n/a n/a 0 1917
1994 1625 56 62 274 18 n/a n/a 0 2035
1995 1541 74 77 275 16 n/a n/a 0 1983
1996 1541 74 77 275 16 n/a n/a 0 1983
1997 1565 95 85 306 29 n/a n/a 0 2080
1998 1561 104 97 336 33 n/a n/a 0 2131
1999 1594 97 98 372 33 n/a n/a 0 2194
2000 1501 121 82 381 33 n/a n/a 103 2221
2001 1417 124 79 381 37 n/a n/a 93 2131
2002 1375 123 129 448 54 n/a n/a 88 2217
2003 1375 123 129 448 54 n/a n/a 88 2217
2004 1540 142 131 502 45 n/a n/a 0 2360
2005 1412 120 82 499 56 n/a n/a 204 2373
2006 1335 147 144 500 67 n/a n/a 167 2360
2007 1340 149 123 553 55 n/a n/a 134 2354
2008 1352 133 130 591 43 n/a n/a 0 2249
2009 1321 158 129 641 28 21 164 0 2462
2010 1416 218 118 781 23 14 64 0 2634
2011 1387 180 104 790 16 12 118 0 2607
2012 1304 159 92 879 15 11 142 0 2602
2013 1195 133 83 900 13 6 165 0 2495
2014 1084 139 73 856 8 8 175 0 2343
2015 1118 144 90 858 7 9 168 0 2394
2016 1018 149 83 862 10 12 162 0 2296
2017 960 150 77 876 11 11 168 0 2253
2018 909 141 88 880 12 15 174 0 2219
2019 882 164 100 882 14 16 161 0 2219
2020 925 151 92 907 11 18 157 0 2261
2021 909 144 90 966 7 16 173 0 2305
2022 847 154 89 988 9 11 193 0 2291
2023 764 167 109 924 4 13 191 3 2175
2024 701 150 106 926 6 9 180 1 2079

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 Grossmont High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1897 69.8 27.1 n/a
1989 1791 67.6 26.4 n/a
1990 1767 66.2 26.6 n/a
1991 1850 68.1 27.1 n/a
1992 1892 69.2 27.3 7.7
1993 1917 69.3 27.7 10.4
1994 2035 73.2 27.8 13.1
1995 1983 72.6 27.3 18.2
1996 1983 72.6 27.3 18.2
1997 2080 78.7 26.4 18.3
1998 2131 81.0 26.3 20.7
1999 2194 75.6 29.0 17.3
2000 2221 86.4 25.7 15.8
2001 2131 85.4 25.0 22.6
2002 2217 89.1 24.9 18.5
2003 2217 89.1 24.9 18.5
2004 2360 111.3 21.2 17.6
2005 2373 100.0 23.7 18.1
2006 2360 90.7 26.0 17.6
2007 2354 93.2 25.3 22.4
2008 2249 104.0 21.6 25.7
2009 2462 96.4 22.7 27.9
2010 2634 98.2 26.8 29.7
2011 2607 n/a n/a 22.2
2012 2602 103.4 25.1 n/a
2013 2495 97.1 25.6 42.6
2014 2343 92.0 25.4 50.9
2015 2394 92.0 26.0 51.6
2016 2296 96.0 23.9 59.9
2017 2253 91.0 24.7 51.4
2018 2219 88.4 25.0 52.2
2019 2219 88.5 25.0 56.6
2020 2261 n/a n/a 56.1
2021 2305 90.2 25.5 57.8
2022 2291 98.9 23.1 57.2
2023 2175 89.3 24.3 59.5
2024 2079 6.1 339.7 63.5

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 Grossmont High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1897 69.8 27.1 n/a
1989 1791 67.6 26.4 n/a
1990 1767 66.2 26.6 n/a
1991 1850 68.1 27.1 n/a
1992 1892 69.2 27.3 7.7
1993 1917 69.3 27.7 10.4
1994 2035 73.2 27.8 13.1
1995 1983 72.6 27.3 18.2
1996 1983 72.6 27.3 18.2
1997 2080 78.7 26.4 18.3
1998 2131 81.0 26.3 20.7
1999 2194 75.6 29.0 17.3
2000 2221 86.4 25.7 15.8
2001 2131 85.4 25.0 22.6
2002 2217 89.1 24.9 18.5
2003 2217 89.1 24.9 18.5
2004 2360 111.3 21.2 17.6
2005 2373 100.0 23.7 18.1
2006 2360 90.7 26.0 17.6
2007 2354 93.2 25.3 22.4
2008 2249 104.0 21.6 25.7
2009 2462 96.4 22.7 27.9
2010 2634 98.2 26.8 29.7
2011 2607 n/a n/a 22.2
2012 2602 103.4 25.1 n/a
2013 2495 97.1 25.6 42.6
2014 2343 92.0 25.4 50.9
2015 2394 92.0 26.0 51.6
2016 2296 96.0 23.9 59.9
2017 2253 91.0 24.7 51.4
2018 2219 88.4 25.0 52.2
2019 2219 88.5 25.0 56.6
2020 2261 n/a n/a 56.1
2021 2305 90.2 25.5 57.8
2022 2291 98.9 23.1 57.2
2023 2175 89.3 24.3 59.5
2024 2079 6.1 339.7 63.5

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Grossmont High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $10,796

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Grossmont High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 557th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 616th of 2348 High schools
 0.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Grossmont High)71.359.5
 11.7%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Grossmont Union High)56.152.2
 3.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Grossmont High)31.723.2
 8.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Grossmont Union High)32.725.9
 6.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Grossmont High)29.235.5
 6.3%
   11th Grade Science (Grossmont Union High)27.626.6
 1%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Grossmont High)28.625
 3.6%
   12th Grade Science (Grossmont Union High)22.313.8
 8.5%
   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 Students22192175
 2%
African American164167
 1.8%
American Indian144
 71.4%
Asian100109
 9%
Hispanic882924
 4.8%
Pacific Islander1613
 18.8%
White882764
 13.4%
Two or More Races161191
 18.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients56.6%59.5%
 2.8%


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Students at Grossmont High are 45% Hispanic, 34% White, 9% Two or more races, 7% African American, 5% Asian.

Grossmont High ranks 558th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,079 students attended Grossmont High.


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