IDEA Center

1600 North Cuyamaca Street, El Cajon, CA 92020View on map

  • Public
  • El Cajon
  • 48 seniors
  • 129 students

IDEA Center is a public high school in El Cajon (Grossmont Union High) with 48 seniors. 20% of the class of 2022 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

Seniors admitted to a UC

too few applicants to report

48 seniors

Seniors who applied to UC

—

— of 48 seniors

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

No applicants in fall 2025

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (47 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

49%

23 of 47 graduates

UC or CSU

4%

2 graduates

Community college

43%

20 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC12%
CSU12%
CA private college00%
Out of state12%
Community college2043%
Not enrolled2451%
Enrolled in college2349%
Total47100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income
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Advanced Placement

1

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

12% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

0%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

0 of 37 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

0%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

0 of 50 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • Science: 1 class

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2022. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 29%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 2%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 9%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 2%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 72%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 20%County median 65%

Across California

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