Community day school · Sweetwater Union High

Sweetwater Community Day

1355 Second Avenue, Chula Vista · Grades 7–9

Students come here by referral or placement rather than choosing among schools, so we publish its results without a rating.

In its own words

What does Sweetwater Community Day say about itself?

We haven’t read Sweetwater Community Day’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

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Who goes here

Who goes here?

Missing school, 2018–19

22of 38

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. That is 58 in 100.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2018–19.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 0.3 of 2.5 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Family and staff answers

What would staff tell you?

Staff can answer a short set of questions about Sweetwater Community Day. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  4. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at Sweetwater Union High.

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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • And 5 more questions.

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The neighborhood

What is the area around Sweetwater Community Day like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 91911. They are not figures for the families at Sweetwater Community Day.

Typical household income in a year

$82,350

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 91911.

Typical home value
$636,100
People who live in this ZIP code
85,542
Typical age
36.9 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
20%

What you can do

Who can act on Sweetwater Community Day’s results?

Sweetwater Union High’s board decides Sweetwater Community Day’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

Placement

Students at Sweetwater Community Day are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Sweetwater Community Day in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Sweetwater Union High extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Sweetwater Union High: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 5 questions to Sweetwater Community Day. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  2. How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
  3. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

How are students placed here?

Confirm placement with Sweetwater Union High.

Where it is

Where is Sweetwater Community Day?

Address
1355 Second Avenue, Chula Vista 91911Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Sesha HaynesAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated October 9, 2024.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 3 common questions

How are students placed here?

Students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion. Confirm placement with Sweetwater Union High. See the details ↓

How often do students miss school?

22 of 38 students were chronically absent in 2018–19, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. See the details ↓

How do I visit Sweetwater Community Day?

Call the office at (619) 498-6000 to ask about a visit. Questions to bring are under Questions to ask. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 8 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
8
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census BureauU.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
State test years
2015–2022

Results

Students

After high school

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

2025 CDE CCI overall Prepared: no exact school row in the verified 2025 source.

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 year2015–2022 · 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
2022 · English5——
2022 · Math5——
2019 · English150%27%
2019 · Math150%7%
2018 · English160%12%
2018 · Math160%6%
2017 · English230%9%
2017 · Math230%4%
2016 · English260%15%
2016 · Math260%4%
2015 · English220%5%
2015 · Math234%9%

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
2022 · Grade 7 · English——
2022 · Grade 8 · English——
2022 · Grade 7 · Math——
2022 · Grade 8 · Math——
2019 · Grade 7 · English——
2019 · Grade 8 · English1217%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math——
2019 · Grade 8 · Math120%
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English166%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math160%
2016 · Grade 7 · English9—
2016 · Grade 8 · English1718%
2016 · Grade 7 · Math9—
2016 · Grade 8 · Math176%
2015 · Grade 7 · English8—
2015 · Grade 8 · English140%
2015 · Grade 7 · Math8—
2015 · Grade 8 · Math157%

“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 2025–26
Group2018–192025–26
Male19 of 33—
Hispanic or Latino19 of 33—
English learners8 of 13—
Low-income18 of 29—
All students22 of 38—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2021–22 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot offered
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8offered
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections0
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)6

Shown, never scored. Participation counts use reported male and female categories in both course and enrollment records. A missing value means not reported, never zero.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,976 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 97,968 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,370 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

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.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 58%Instruction support 16%Student services 8%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$329,672,20957.65%58%
Instruction support$91,151,79115.94%16%
Student services$45,979,5568.04%8%
Administration$45,077,1857.88%8%
Buildings & maintenance$48,207,9608.43%8%
Other$11,732,6442.05%2%
Total$571,821,344100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $571,821,344 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,976 per pupil
2020$14,540 per pupil
2019$14,457 per pupil
2018$11,416 per pupil
2017$11,708 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 91911 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91911 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$82,350
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20%
ZIP-area population85,542
Median age36.9 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 91911 →

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.