El Capitan High School (California)

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El Capitan High School
Address
El Capitan High School (California)
10410 Ashwood Street

Lakeside
,
San Diego County
,
California
92040

United States
Information
Type Comprehensive high school
Motto Spanish: Ahora Y Siempre
("Now and Always")
Established1959 (1959)
StatusOpen
School district Grossmont Union High School District
NCES District ID 0616230 [1]
CEEB code 051346
NCES School ID 061623002019 [2]
PrincipalScott Goergens
Faculty100
Teaching staff71.90 (FTE) [3]
Employees150
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,659 (2018–19) [4]
Classes7
Average class size30
Student to teacher ratio23.30 [3]
Color(s)   Black and gold
Nickname Vaqueros
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges [5]
NewspaperThe El Capitan Horizon
Website elcapitan.guhsd.net

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]

Contents

History

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]

Students

Academic
year		TotalRace or ethnicity [4]
African
American 		AIAN Asian Filipino Hispanic
or Latino 		Pacific
Islander 		White Multiracial Not
reported
2014–20151,6491.3%1.5%0.4%0.5%25.2%0.2%63.5%6.2%1.2%
2015–20161,5911.7%1.9%0.8%0.4%28.7%0.2%60.2%6.1%0.0%
2016–20171,6001.8%2.0%0.8%0.6%29.9%0.3%59.1%5.6%0.0%
2017–20181,6751.9%1.8%0.9%0.4%32.8%0.3%55.5%6.4%0.0%
2018–20191,6592.2%2.2%1.0%0.8%29.4%0.2%59.0%5.2%0.0%
2019–20201,6492.8%2.8%1.4%1.1%25.0%0.2%61.8%4.9%0.0%

Rankings

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]

Athletics

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]

Notable alumni

See also

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  4. 1 2 "Enrollment Multi-Year Summary by Ethnicity". California Department of Education. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
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  15. ↑ "Family and friends remember Ashli Babbitt". 8 January 2021.

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