Chaparral High
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 45 students
IDEA Center
1600 North Cuyamaca St., El Cajon, CA 92020
Grades
9–12
High
Students
127
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
7.8 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Grossmont Union High
San Diego County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About IDEA Center
IDEA Center is an alternative high school in El Cajon, California, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Grossmont Union High. The school is located in a large suburb in San Diego County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 127 students were enrolled, with about 7.8 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical California high school (18.5 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 127 students
- Students per teacher
- 7.8 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Grossmont Union High
- County
- San Diego County
- NCES school ID
- 061623013915
Schools near IDEA Center
All 54 schools in El Cajon →
MERIT Academy
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Altus Schools East County
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Grossmont Middle College High
Alternative · Grades 11–12 · 37 students
Foothills Christian High School
Private · Grades 9–12 · 262 students
El Cajon Valley High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,701 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.