📍 1600 N. Cuyamaca St., El Cajon, San Diego County, 92020
IDEA Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in El Cajon, San Diego County. The school has 140 pupils enrolled. The Principal is David Napoleon. It is part of the Grossmont Union High school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
IDEA Center enrolls 140 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 7.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 75 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 7.9% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 5.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
71 of the school's 140 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
IDEA Center is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
IDEA Center is one of 15 schools in Grossmont Union High, based in El Cajon, California. The district serves 16,476 students district-wide and employs 741 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 140 students, IDEA Center is smaller than the district average of about 1,098 students per school.