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Comprehensive high school in Lakeside, San Diego County, California, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
El Capitan High School (commonly known as El Cap) is a public high school in Lakeside, California, United States, a census-designated place in San Diego, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1959, El Capitan is the fifth of twelve high schools to be constructed in the Grossmont Union High School District. El Capitan High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.[5]
| El Capitan High School | |
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| Address | |
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10410 Ashwood Street , , 92040 | |
| Information | |
| Type | Comprehensive high school |
| Motto | Spanish: Ahora Y Siempre ("Now and Always") |
| Established | 1959 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Grossmont Union High School District |
| NCES District ID | 0616230[1] |
| CEEB code | 051346 |
| NCES School ID | 061623002019[2] |
| Principal | Scott Goergens |
| Faculty | 100 |
| Teaching staff | 71.90 (FTE)[3] |
| Employees | 150 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,659 (2018–19)[4] |
| Classes | 7 |
| Average class size | 30 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 23.30[3] |
| Color(s) | Black and gold |
| Nickname | Vaqueros |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges[5] |
| Newspaper | The El Capitan Horizon |
| Website | elcapitan |
As of 2008, El Capitan High School is the only high school in the Grossmont Union High School District to feature an agriculture program.[6] In September 2018, construction began on an $11 million event center that included an event space, lobby and concession areas, band room, practice room, dance studio, and drama classroom.[7] The construction of the event center was completed in December 2019.[8]
| Academic year |
Total | Race or ethnicity[4] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African American |
AIAN | Asian | Filipino | Hispanic or Latino |
Pacific Islander |
White | Multiracial | Not reported | ||
| 2014–2015 | 1,649 | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 25.2% | 0.2% | 63.5% | 6.2% | 1.2% |
| 2015–2016 | 1,591 | 1.7% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 28.7% | 0.2% | 60.2% | 6.1% | 0.0% |
| 2016–2017 | 1,600 | 1.8% | 2.0% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 29.9% | 0.3% | 59.1% | 5.6% | 0.0% |
| 2017–2018 | 1,675 | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 32.8% | 0.3% | 55.5% | 6.4% | 0.0% |
| 2018–2019 | 1,659 | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 29.4% | 0.2% | 59.0% | 5.2% | 0.0% |
| 2019–2020 | 1,649 | 2.8% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 25.0% | 0.2% | 61.8% | 4.9% | 0.0% |
For the 2017–2018 school year, El Capitan High School ranked 9th out of 17 ranked high schools in the district, 13th out of 134 in the San Diego metropolitan area, 801st out of 1,612 in the state of California, and 5,997th out of 17,792 in the United States according to the U.S. News & World Report.[9] For their 2021 rankings, Niche ranked the school 437th among 2,572 California high schools.[10]
The school fields teams in the following sports: football, baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.[11]
In 2014, the varsity football team enjoyed its best performance in school history. After an upset victory against Helix High School, a Division I team, El Capitan finished the regular season undefeated at 10–0.[12] Defeating Mt. Carmel and Brawley, the school would win its first CIF San Diego Section Division II championship in a 14–7 victory against Rancho Bernardo High School. However, El Capitan suffered its first and only defeat of the season in the Division III state championship game when it was defeated 35–28 by Campolindo.[13]
In 2016, the girls varsity volleyball team finished the season 25–5 and won its first San Diego Section Division III championship.[14]
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