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Sweetwater Union High School District
District details
School board members: 5
Students: 35,226 (2023-2024)
Schools: 29 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Sweetwater Union High School District is a school district in California (San Diego County). During the 2024 school year, 35,226 students attended one of the district's 29 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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• 2022
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• 2014

Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 2

General election

General election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 2

Incumbent Adrian Arancibia defeated Angelica Martinez in the general election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adrian Arancibia (Nonpartisan)	56.7	21,226
		Angelica Martinez (Nonpartisan)	43.3	16,195

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,421
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Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1

General election

The general election was canceled. Arturo Solis (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 3

General election

General election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 3

Elva Lopez-Zepeda defeated Rebekkah Naputi, Marquetta Brown, Michael Black, and Noemi Abrego in the general election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Elva Lopez-Zepeda (Nonpartisan)	39.8	8,521
	Submit photo	Rebekkah Naputi (Nonpartisan)	21.9	4,704
	Submit photo	Marquetta Brown (Nonpartisan)	20.5	4,404
	Submit photo	Michael Black (Nonpartisan)	12.4	2,651
		Noemi Abrego (Nonpartisan)	5.4	1,156

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,436
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Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5

General election

General election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5

Marti Emerald defeated Dante Garcia Pamintuan in the general election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marti Emerald (Nonpartisan)	50.2	7,991
	Submit photo	Dante Garcia Pamintuan (Nonpartisan)	49.8	7,930

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,921
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Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 2

General election

General election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 2

Adrian Arancibia defeated Cindy Lopez and Sandi Smith in the general election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adrian Arancibia (Nonpartisan)	46.8	19,312
	Submit photo	Cindy Lopez (Nonpartisan)	36.3	14,971
	Submit photo	Sandi Smith (Nonpartisan)	17.0	7,016

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,299
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Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1

General election

The general election was canceled. Arturo Solis (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 3

General election

The general election was canceled. Frank A. Tarantino (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5

General election

The general election was canceled. Paula Hall (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1

General election

General election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1

Incumbent Arturo Solis won election in the general election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1 on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Arturo Solis (Nonpartisan)

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Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 3

General election

General election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 3

Incumbent Frank A. Tarantino won election in the general election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 3 on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Frank A. Tarantino (Nonpartisan)

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Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5

General election

General election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5

Incumbent Paula Hall won election in the general election for Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5 on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Paula Hall (Nonpartisan)

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About the district

School board

The Sweetwater Union High School District consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Adrian Arancibia	Area 2	2020	2028
Marti Emerald	Area 5	2022	2026
Elva Lopez-Zepeda	Area 3	2022	2026
Arturo Solis	Area 1	2014	2026

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Sweetwater Union High School District

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
California State Assembly District 80	David Alvarez	Democratic Party	65%	94%
California State Assembly District 75	Carl DeMaio	Republican Party	33%	2%
California State Assembly District 79	LaShae Sharp-Collins	Democratic Party	1%	2%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$62,621,000	$1,713	9%
Local:	$215,449,000	$5,894	32%
State:	$390,549,000	$10,683	58%
Total:	$668,619,000	$18,290

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$590,165,000	$16,143
Total Current Expenditures:	$506,643,000	$13,858
Instructional Expenditures:	$303,333,000	$8,297	51%
Student and Staff Support:	$60,095,000	$1,643	10%
Administration:	$79,631,000	$2,178	13%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$63,584,000	$1,739	11%
Total Capital Outlay:	$43,228,000	$1,182
Construction:	$42,941,000	$1,174
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$14,835,000	$405
Interest on Debt:	$23,577,000	$644

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	26	53	18	19	11-19	41	33
2020-2021	36	61	33	28	<=20	52	45
2018-2019	33	62	22	25	30-34	47	44
2017-2018	32	64	24	25	20-29	48	47
2016-2017	32	62	24	25	21-39	47	48
2015-2016	31	60	25	25	21-39	50	47
2014-2015	30	59	24	24	11-19	44	45
2013-2014	68	85	60-64	64	60-69	40-59	78
2012-2013	55	80	48	50	40-44	69	69
2011-2012	56	79	53	51	55-59	<=20	69
2010-2011	56	78	52	52	55-59	40-59	69

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	50	76	44	42	40-49	69	59
2020-2021	52	75	51	45	30-39	66	58
2018-2019	54	78	50	48	55-59	70	63
2017-2018	52	79	49	46	30-39	70	66
2016-2017	53	80	53	47	21-39	73	71
2015-2016	53	78	45	47	40-59	73	68
2014-2015	48	75	45	42	30-39	67	60
2013-2014	60	79	60-64	55	50-59	60-79	77
2012-2013	59	79	56	54	55-59	76	78
2011-2012	60	81	62	55	65-69	40-59	76
2010-2011	60	79	60	55	60-64	40-59	76

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	87	95	75-79	85	>=50	90-94	87
2020-2021	85	95	80-84	83	>=50	91	86
2019-2020	89	96	85-89	88	>=50	94	90
2018-2019	86	96	85-89	85	>=50	92	83
2017-2018	86	91	80-84	85	>=50	89	88
2016-2017	85	95	85-89	84	>=50	90	84
2015-2016	83	92	80-84	81	>=50	89	85
2014-2015	85	95	80-84	83	>=50	85-89	86
2013-2014	82	93	80-84	80	60-79	90-94	85
2012-2013	83	91	80-84	81	60-79	85-89	87
2011-2012	83	94	75-79	81	60-79	90-94	85
2010-2011	80	89	75-79	78	60-79	80-84	84

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	35,226	-2.5
2022-2023	36,109	-1.2
2021-2022	36,557	-1.4
2020-2021	37,060	-4.0
2019-2020	38,553	-1.6
2018-2019	39,165	-4.0
2017-2018	40,737	0.2
2016-2017	40,671	-0.9
2015-2016	41,050	0.1
2014-2015	41,018	0.3
2013-2014	40,901	0.0
2012-2013	40,916	0.7
2011-2012	40,619	-2.0
2010-2011	41,426	-1.9
2009-2010	42,209	-1.4
2008-2009	42,804	0.5
2007-2008	42,591	1.2
2006-2007	42,085	0.5
2005-2006	41,865	2.3
2004-2005	40,888	4.1
2003-2004	39,228	3.4
2002-2003	37,878	1.9
2001-2002	37,175	5.0
2000-2001	35,330	3.7
1999-2000	34,010	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Sweetwater Union High School District (%)	California K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.4	0.4
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	10.9	12.1
Black	3.4	4.9
Hispanic	69.6	56.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.4	0.4
Two or More Races	4.1	5.8
White	11.2	20.2

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Sweetwater Union High School District had 1,576.20 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 22.35.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	0.00
Kindergarten:	0.00
Elementary:	425.78
Secondary:	1,150.42
Total:	1,576.20

Sweetwater Union High School District employed 30.50 district administrators and 98.50 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	30.50
District Administrative Support:	208.18
School Administrators:	98.50
School Administrative Support:	180.28

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	417.58
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	106.53
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	24.40
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	67.53
Librarians/Media Specialists:	12.06
Library/Media Support:	0.00
Student Support Services:	89.79
Other Support Services:	390.16

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Sweetwater Union High School District operates 29 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Alta Vista Academy	30	7-12
Bonita Vista Middle	927	7-8
Bonita Vista Senior High	2,049	9-12
Castle Park Middle	673	7-8
Castle Park Senior High	1,381	9-12
Chula Vista Middle	670	7-8
Chula Vista Senior High	1,980	9-12
East Hills Academy	63	7-12
Eastlake High	2,710	9-12
Eastlake Middle	1,691	7-8
Granger Junior High	743	7-9
Hilltop Middle	885	7-8
Hilltop Senior High	1,841	9-12
Launch Virtual Academy	581	7-12
Mar Vista Academy	508	7-8
Mar Vista Senior High	1,266	9-12
Montgomery Middle	735	7-8
Montgomery Senior High	1,658	9-12
National City Middle	678	7-8
Olympian High	2,324	9-12
Options Secondary	71	7-12
Otay Ranch Senior High	2,546	9-12
Palomar High	299	7-12
Rancho Del Rey Middle	1,625	7-8
San Ysidro High	2,017	9-12
Southwest Middle	483	7-8
Southwest Senior High	1,586	9-12
Sweetwater Community Day	0	7-9
Sweetwater High	2,425	9-12

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