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{{Infobox school district | name = Sweetwater Union High School District | image = SUHSD Front.jpg | image_caption = District office in Chula Vista, California | type = Public | grades = K - Adult <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/SchoolDirectory/details?cdscode=37684110000000 |title=Sweetwater Union High |website=California Department of Education |access-date=October 7, 2024}}</ref> | established = {{Start date and age|1920}} | city = Chula Vista, California | zipcode = 91911 | country = United States | address = 1130 Fifth Avenue | coordinates = {{Coord|32|36|35|N|117|04|37|W|display=inline_title}} | superintendent = Moises Aguirre<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-04-27/sweetwater-confirms-interim-leader-as-permanent-superintendent | title=Sweetwater hires interim leader as permanent superintendent | date=April 27, 2021 }}</ref> | schools = | us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|0638640|district_name=Sweetwater Union High|ref_name=NCES}} | students = 38,553 (2019–2020)<ref name=NCES/> | free_label = | free_text = | website = {{Official website|http://www.sweetwaterschools.org|sweetwaterschools.org}} }}

'''Sweetwater Union High School District''' ('''SUHSD''') is a school district headquartered in Chula Vista, California.<ref>"[http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/ Home] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328032117/http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/ |date=2010-03-28 }}." Sweetwater Union High School District. Retrieved on March 30, 2010.</ref> The union high school district serves over 42,000 high school-aged students and over 32,000 adult learners. Overseen by a five-member board of trustees, the district operates 14 high schools (11 regular, 2 alternative, 1 charter); 11 middle schools; 4 adult schools; a regional occupational program (ROP); and special education.

Located in the southwestern part of San Diego County between Southeast San Diego and Mexico, the district serves the cities of Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, National City, the exclave of South San Diego, the unincorporated community of Bonita and a portion of Coronado.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://statisticalatlas.com/school-district/California/Sweetwater-Union-High-School-District/Overview | title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas }}</ref> It is one of the most ethnically and economically diverse districts in California. Approximately 87 percent of students belong to an ethnic minority group and over 40 percent of students qualify for the free or reduced lunch program.

The district has earned recognition for its "Compact for Success" program, a deal made with San Diego State University (SDSU) that guarantees Sweetwater graduates admission to the university if they meet certain requirements throughout their high school career.

==Schools==

=== Adult School ===

* Chula Vista Adult School * Montgomery Adult School * National City Adult School * San Ysidro Adult Education Center

=== Middle College Program ===

* <span class="anchor" id="Options Secondary School">Options Middle College High School (previously Options Secondary School</span>) is a middle college school for students in grades 9-12, was previously located on the campus of Montgomery High School, it is ran under the "Alternative Education" division of the school district, which also runs the Independent Studies program.<ref name="CDE">{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Montgomery Senior High (California School Directory) |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/schooldirectory/details?cdscode=37684113731155 |access-date=2024-11-17 |publisher=California Department of Education}}</ref> It has a small campus and a low ratio of students to teachers; in some cases, no more than twenty students in a class.<ref name="SWCCDVisionPlan">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Educational Vision Plan 2030 |url=https://www.swccd.edu/administration/academic-affairs/_files/educational-vision-plan-2030.pdf |access-date=2024-11-17 |publisher=Southwestern College}}</ref> In 2025, the school would be renamed to ''Options Middle College High School,'' and moved to Southwestern College's campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaheen |first=Perla |date=2025-08-13 |title=High school opens on Southwestern College campus, offers college courses |url=https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/high-school-opens-on-southwestern-college-campus-offers-college-courses |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=South Bay students earning high school diploma and college credit without AP exams |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/video/videos/options-and-opportunity-abound-at-middle-college-high-school/3888094/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref>

===High schools===

*Alta Vista Academy *Bonita Vista High School *Bounce Back Independent Study High - (Closed on June 11, 2012) *Castle Park High School *Chula Vista High School *East Hills Academy *Eastlake High School *Hilltop High School *Launch Virtual Academy *LifeSchool<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sampite-Montecalvo |first=Allison |date=2016-10-17 |title=LifeSchool offers K-9 therapy to students |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2016/10/17/lifeschool-offers-k-9-therapy-to-students/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> *MAAC Community Charter School *Mar Vista High School *Montgomery High School *Olympian High School *Otay Ranch High School *Palomar High School *San Ysidro High School *Southwest High School *Sweetwater High School

===Junior High School=== *Granger Junior High School (GJH) is a Junior High School (serving grades 7th-9th), located in National City, California. The campus was established in 1955 on Granger Avenue in the Lincoln Acres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Granger Junior High - School Directory Details (CA Dept of Education) |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/SchoolDirectory/details?cdscode=37684116059778 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618055639/https://www.cde.ca.gov/SchoolDirectory/details?cdscode=37684116059778 |archive-date=2025-06-18 |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=www.cde.ca.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 1, 2011 |title=School Accountability Report Card – Granger Junior High |url=https://www.sweetwaterschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/GJH.pdf |access-date=August 29, 2025 |publisher=Sweetwater Union High School District |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 2000 |title=SUHSD Facilities Improvement Plan |url=https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb2185608p/_1.pdf |access-date=August 29, 2025 |publisher=UC San Diego Library |page=23}}</ref>

===Middle Schools === *Bonita Vista Middle School *Castle Park Middle School *Chula Vista Middle School *Eastlake Middle School *Hilltop Middle School *Mar Vista Academy *Montgomery Middle School *National City Middle School *Rancho Del Rey Middle School *Southwest Middle School [[File:Sweetwater Union High School District VEX Robotics.jpg|thumb|Sweetwater Union High School District VEX Robotics]]

==Compact for Success== In 1999, former Sweetwater Union School District superintendent Ed Brand met with once San Diego State University president Stephan Weber to try and overcome the small number of students enrolling and graduating from San Diego State University. To address this issue, Brand and Weber engineered the idea of a compact for success which would be a long-term partnership between Sweetwater Union School District and SDSU. Before Compact for Success could be put into execution, SDSU staff and Sweetwater School Board teachers worked with one another to alter the curriculum to concur with the requirements for college admission in California. After the curriculum was adjusted, students within Sweetwater Union School District would be guaranteed admission to San Diego State University if they could meet the five benchmarks set out by the partnership between Brand and Weber. To qualify for compact for success, students must remain in the district from 7th grade onward. Along with this, the requirements for admission are: maintaining a 3.0 GPA, fulfilling all A-G requirements, passing the English and Math proficiency test, and lastly, taking either the SAT or ACT. Along with guaranteed admission through the program, students from 7th grade onward will take multiple field trips to San Diego State University and will have mentors along the way to help guide students by helping them prepare for higher education at a university. Compact for Success went into the execution in the fall of 2000 and with that year incoming 7th graders enrolled in the district. From 2000 to 2012, compact for success has caused an 87% increase in Sweetwater students enrolling in San Diego State University; applications increased from 789 in 2000 to 1,770 in 2012.<ref>How to Transcend, Not Reinforce, Class Distinctions at College retrieved from NationalJournal.com, May 13, 2015</ref> As of 2012 compact of success has resulted in 1 of every 7 SDSU students being former Sweetwater School district students. Compact for Success was recognized in June 2012 by ''National Journal'' as a "leading innovator" in higher education and has served as a template for other programs. This partnership has influenced other ones around San Diego County, such as the one between Vista Unified School District and California State University San Marcos.<ref>[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/28/compact-sweetwater-sdsu-path-college/ Compact provides path from Sweetwater] to SDSU retrieved from utsandiego, May 13, 2015</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.sweetwaterschools.org/}} {{Portalbar|Schools|California|Education}} <!--District serves San Ysidro--> {{SUHSD}} {{Chula Vista, California|state=collapsed}} {{Education in San Diego County|state=collapsed}} {{San Diego|state=collapsed}}

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