NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Santee, CA

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12 public K-12 schools in Santee from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
8,650
Students
34.1/100
Avg Resource Index
20.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Santee has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Santee's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

10 of Santee's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 48-point gap between Santee Success Program and Pride Academy at Prospect Avenue shows the range hidden by Santee's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
12th percentile

West Hills High accounts for 18.8% of all Santee public-school enrollment

That concentration means Santee-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Santee school enrollment varies 325× across entities

Santee school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 1,624 students (highest), a spread of 1,619 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Santee student-teacher ratio is 20.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Santee Success Program 68
2. Santee Alternative 49
3. West Hills High 36
4. Santana High 35
5. Carlton Oaks Elementary 35
6. Carlton Hills Elementary 32
7. Chet F. Harritt Elementary 29
8. Rio Seco Elementary 27
9. Cajon Park Elementary 27
10. Hill Creek Elementary 26
11. Sycamore Canyon Elementary 25
12. Pride Academy at Prospect Avenue 20

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Santee

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Pride Academy at Prospect Avenue 66.8/100
  2. 2 Chet F. Harritt Elementary 64.8/100
  3. 3 Rio Seco Elementary 64.6/100
  4. 4 Carlton Oaks Elementary 64.2/100
  5. 5 Santee Success Program 64.0/100

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Which Santee school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Santee Success Program has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Santee schools in this federal-data comparison at 68/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Santee, CA? ▼

Santee has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,650 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.