Independent charter school · SBC - High Tech High · San Diego, California

High Tech Elementary Mesa

San Diego · K–5 · 423 students (2024–25)

5331 Mount Alifan Drive Building 200, 92111hightechhigh.org ↗(619) 510-4620

Open enrollment ends: .

Applying for 2027–28. From the school’s site ↗, read October 28, 2026. Later applications lose lottery priority.

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High Tech Elementary Mesa is a charter school for grades K–5. Its latest state test results are from spring 2025, so it has no 2026 Scope Score.

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Near California in English (reading and writing); below it in math. In grades 3–5, spring 2025, 45% met or exceeded the standard in English and 35% in math, against 46% and 41% across California.

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Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2025 Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 214 Comparison: California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English, 1,241,652 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Apply on High Tech Elementary Mesa’s own application, by the dates its site lists. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In grades 3–5, spring 2025, 19% exceeded the standard in English and 13% in math. 55% scored below the standard in English and 65% in math. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school?

9 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2024–25 (39 of 431), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2025

In grades 3–5, spring 2025, 45% met or exceeded the standard in English and 35% in math, against 46% and 41% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 214
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,232,086 in English, 1,241,652 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
Exceeded standardMet standardBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2025 · 214 tested

Exceeded
19%
Met
26%
Below the standard
55%
This school45%
California46%

45% met or exceeded in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2025 · 214 tested

Exceeded
13%
Met
22%
Below the standard
65%
This school35%
California41%

35% met or exceeded in grades 3–5.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2025, math trails English by 10 percentage points in the share who met or exceeded the standard, against 5 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2024. English went from 43% to 45% and math from 34% to 35%.

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5

202443%215 tested
→
202545%214 tested

This school

California, same grades45% → 46%2024 → 2025 · 1,235,509 → 1,232,086 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5

202434%214 tested
→
202535%214 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 41%2024 → 2025 · 1,249,262 → 1,241,652 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

About as expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored +2 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Average. In math, they scored +1 point, which it calls Average.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 139
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 4–8 · 2025 · 139 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+2 pts

English

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

+1 pts

Math

The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Exceeded, Met, Nearly met and Not met, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2025
StudentsExceededMetNearly metNot metTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school19%26%28%27%214
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,232,086
Math, grades 3–5 · This school13%22%38%27%214
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%20%25%34%1,241,652

Below the standard combines the state’s two lowest test levels, Nearly met and Not met. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Each grade’s results, every tested year ↓

Results since 20233 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2023–2025.

English met or exceeded, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20232024202545%46%
Math met or exceeded, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20232024202535%41%

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English was 45% in both 2023 and 2025. In math, it went from 30% in 2023 to 35% in 2025, with 2024 and 2025 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202345%
209 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202443%
215 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202545%
214 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202330%
210 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202434%
214 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202535%
214 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 2 points above that expected score, and in math 1 point above it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

What you can do

Who can act on High Tech Elementary Mesa’s results?

High Tech Elementary Mesa’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed High Tech Elementary Mesa in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

San Diego County Office of Education authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2030.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Life at school

How often do students miss school?

9 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2024–25.

State attendance records, 2024–25

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average elementary school in the SBC - High Tech High district, 13 in 100 were.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students
chronic absence: 39 of 431 students counted for it
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate.

Chronically absent, 2024–25

9 in 100This school
13 in 100At the average elementary school in the SBC - High Tech High district
18 in 100At the average California elementary school

39 of 431 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at High Tech Elementary Mesa

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Every learner

Who goes here?

Students, families and teachers

Who are the families and teachers?

39%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 163 of 423. California: 63%.

23teachers, 2024–25

4 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

9%in their first year, 2024–25

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

34% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 12 of 35 English learners34%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Ask: How does the school help English learners reach the top level of the state’s English test?

Next steps

How do I get in?

Apply on High Tech Elementary Mesa’s own application, by the dates its site lists. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: hightechhigh.org ↗Office: (619) 510-4620Administrator: Monique Knight

Location and visiting

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5331 Mount Alifan Drive Building 200, San Diego 92111

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress? 34% of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (12 of 35 students); California: 47%
  2. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. How do you support kids who arrive ahead, and kids who arrive behind?

Office (619) 510-46205331 Mount Alifan Drive Building 200, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

The spring 2026 CAASPP records we hold have no English or math rows for this school. Its earlier results are under Every tested year.

Every tested year2022–2025 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExceededMet or exceeded
2025 · English21419%45%
2025 · Math21413%35%
2024 · English21520%43%
2024 · Math21412%34%
2023 · English20918%45%
2023 · Math2109%30%
2022 · English14218%37%
2022 · Math1426%31%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English7240%
2025 · Grade 4 · English7145%
2025 · Grade 5 · English7151%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math7235%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math7139%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math7130%
2024 · Grade 3 · English7031%
2024 · Grade 4 · English7156%
2024 · Grade 5 · English7441%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math7034%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math7138%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math7329%
2023 · Grade 3 · English7053%
2023 · Grade 4 · English6941%
2023 · Grade 5 · English7041%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math7145%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math6929%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math7017%
2022 · Grade 3 · English6540%
2022 · Grade 4 · English7734%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math6529%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math7732%

“Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Chronic absence by student groupState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2024–25
Group2018–192024–25
Female—9 in 100
Male—9 in 100
Asian—7 in 100
Black or African American—7 in 100
Filipino—11 in 100
Hispanic or Latino—12 in 100
Two or more races—6 in 100
White—8 in 100
Students with disabilities—12 in 100
English learners—9 in 100
Low-income—10 in 100
All students—9 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+2139Average+1139Average
English-only students+5110not categorized+1110not categorized
Low-income+254Average+154Average
White+446Average+446Average
Hispanic or Latino−742Moderate−542Average
Asian+729Accelerated029Average
Students with disabilities−1726Moderate−826Moderate
English learners−919Moderate−319Average

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score, not a percentage or percentile. All imported groups remain visible; a missing group has no imported record shown here. CDE growth covers grades 4–8.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+2 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

139 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +2 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average.

State model · math+1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

139 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: +1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$10,180 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 333 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

59% of district spending reaches instruction — CA average is 60%.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2019–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$10,180 per pupil
2020$9,919 per pupil
2019$9,921 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92111 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92111 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$99,644
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)46%
ZIP-area population45,249
Median age38.5 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. See all schools in ZIP code 92111 →

Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · staffing and finance name their own sources and years beside each figure · Data updated October 15, 2026.

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