| Definition of Terms |
Steele Canyon High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
San Diego County, CA |
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| Total Students |
2006 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
59 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 561 students | | Grade 10 - 573 students | | Grade 11 - 500 students | | Grade 12 - 372 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:34 |
1:23 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
4% |
3% |
| % Asian |
5% |
8% |
| % Hispanic |
21% |
39% |
| % Black |
6% |
9% |
| % White |
60% |
36% |
| % Unknown |
4 % |
5% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
11% |
30% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
4% |
7% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
3% |
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| School District Name |
Grossmont Union High School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
19 |
7 |
| Number of Students Managed |
24,387 students |
3,960 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$229,245,000 |
$37,604,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$223,998,000 |
$39,520,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$9,400 |
$9,496 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$9,185 |
$9,980 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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- Steele Canyon High School is a public charter high school located in the San Diego East County community of Spring Valley, California, USA. Opened in 2000, the school serves students in grades nine through grade twelve and was part of the Grossmont Union High School District until July 1, 2007.
- History
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2000
Fall: Steele Canyon High School opens.
2002
Fall: Steele Canyon High School begins to compete in varsity level sports. SCHS went on to win two league titles that year - boy's golf and girl's tennis.
2003
Fall: The class of 2007 begins its freshman year marking the first year of operation for Steele Canyon High School where all four grade levels are present.
October: The severity of the Cedar Fire causes Steele Canyon High School to close for a week and their first-ever planned Homecoming is cancelled.
2004
Spring: Steele Canyon High School graduates its first class.
2006
Fall: Steele Canyon High School votes to become a charter school.
- 2007
1 July: Steele Canyon High School becomes a California Public Charter School
20-28 October: Steele Canyon serves as an evacuation center for San Diego residents threatened by the Harris fire which was one of the larger October 2007 California wildfires. The fire later threatens the school itself. Firefighters, with helicopter support, defend the school by using a back burning technique on the hills nearby. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Steele Canyon High School and gives a press conference addressing the fires.
- Facilities and faculty
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Steele Canyon High School has 130 employees. All employees hold the proper credentials and certificates to be more than qualified for the positions that they hold.
- Extracurricular activities
- Athletics
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Steele Canyon Cougars compete in the Grossmont South League Conference and the San Diego Section of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).
- The school has teams that compete in CIF in the following sports: baseball (boys), basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football (boys), golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball (girls), swim and dive, tennis, track, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling (boys).
- Since the Fall of 2002 (the first year of varsity-level competition), SCHS has won 26 league titles and four CIF championships:
- Grossmont South League titles
- Boys
- Basketball: 2004, 2005, 2008
- Baseball: 2008
- Cross Country: 2007
- Football: 2006
- Golf: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Tennis: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Track and Field: 2007, 2008, 2009
- Wrestling: 2008
- Girls
- Cross Country: 2006
- Gymnastics: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Soft ball: 2006, 2007
- Tennis: 2002
- Track and Field: 2005
- CIF-San Diego Section championships
- Boys
- Basketball: 2004
- Cross Country: 2007
- Girls
- Softball: 2006, 2007
- Arts
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Art and drama performances are occasionally held after school hours, such as the one organised by the "Future Film Makers" club where student-made short films are shown. This program allows students to express themselves artistically.
- See also
- List of high schools in San Diego County, California
- List of high schools in California
- Grossmont Union High School District - school mascots and colors
- Notes
- External links
- Official site
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| About This Zip Code (92019) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
40,981 people |
33,115,272 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
34% |
32% |
| Population Average Age |
36 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.8 persons
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2.9 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$56,486
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$48,909 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.6 rooms |
4.8 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
29 years old |
39 years old |
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (92019)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
71% / 29% |
58% / 42% |
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