Chaparral High
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 45 students
MERIT Academy
1600 North Cuyamaca St., El Cajon, CA 92020
Grades
9–12
High
Students
68
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
9.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Grossmont Union High
San Diego County
Not graded
Special-education schools are built around students with disabilities, and their results can't be fairly compared with regular schools, so we don't grade them. How we grade
About MERIT Academy
MERIT Academy is a special education 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, 68 students were enrolled, with about 9.7 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
- Special Education School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 68 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.7 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
- 061623013711
Schools near MERIT Academy
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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.