Literacy First Charter

799 East Washington Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92020View on map

  • Public
  • El Cajon
  • 80 seniors
  • 2,110 students

Literacy First Charter is a public high school in El Cajon (San Diego County Office of Education) with 80 seniors. 71% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

67%

Pooled over 3 years; too few applicants in fall 2025 alone

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

too few applicants to report

80 seniors

Seniors who applied to UC

10%

8 of 80 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

too few applicants to report

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 report6 applied

  • too few applicants to report6 applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • too few applicants to report— applied

  • 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 (58 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

76%

44 of 58 graduates

UC or CSU

17%

10 graduates

Community college

28%

16 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC59%
CSU59%
CA private college1017%
Out of state814%
Community college1628%
Not enrolled1424%
Enrolled in college4476%
Total58100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

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

13

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

20

AP class sections

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

49% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

44%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

31 of 71 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 63 graduates

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

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 3 classes
  • English: 4 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 2 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 5 classes
  • Social science: 4 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 80%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 44%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 41%County median 28%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 16%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 53%County median 57%
  • Graduates completing courses 71%County median 65%

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