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Sweetwater Union High

Chula Vista, California · Superintendent: Moises Aguirre · #19 of 554 California districts by enrollment

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34,282

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,784

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% below the California median

22.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · California median 21.7

Sweetwater Union High is a public school district based in Chula Vista, California, serving 34,282 students in 29 schools. By enrollment it ranks #19 of the 554 California districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 1,182 students each, more than the California median of 533. Its superintendent is Moises Aguirre. It spends about $12,784 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% less than the California median. It has roughly 22.3 students per teacher.

How Sweetwater Union High compares

Sweetwater Union HighCalifornia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,784

California median $13,724 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,362

California median $8,321 · 12% below · FY2020-21

Students per school1,182

California median 533 · 122% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher22.3

California median 21.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor333

California median 474 · 30% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$646.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 59%Local 32%

Measure	Sweetwater Union High	California median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,784	$13,724	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,362	$8,321	FY2020-21
Total spending	$528.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$646.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,540	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	3,106	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	22.3	21.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	333	474	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The California median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Moises Aguirre

Superintendent, Sweetwater Union High

Source: California Department of Education, School Directory, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in California

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Poway UnifiedSan Diego	34,405	39	$12,246	22.7	#18
Sweetwater Union HighChula Vista · this district	34,282	29	$12,784	22.3	#19
Oakland UnifiedOakland	33,838	84	$18,173	18.8	#20
Stockton UnifiedStockton	33,648	54	$15,856	23.0	#21
Fremont UnifiedFremont	33,134	44	$11,623	24.0	#22

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Adams 12 Five Star SchoolsThornton, CO	34,466	$12,402	17.3
Peoria Unified School District (4237)Glendale, AZ	34,436	$8,957	18.6
Ysleta ISDEl Paso, TX	34,062	$11,475	14.6
School District U-46Elgin, IL	34,036	$16,406	14.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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