El Capitan High School (commonly known as El Cap) is a public high school in Lakeside, California, United States, a census-designated place in San Diego, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1959, El Capitan is the fifth of twelve high schools to be constructed in the Grossmont Union High School District. El Capitan High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
History As of 2008, El Capitan High School is the only high school in the Grossmont Union High School District to feature an agriculture program. In September 2018, construction began on an $11 million event center that included an event space, lobby and concession areas, band room, practice room, dance studio, and drama classroom. The construction of the event center was completed in December 2019.
Rankings For the 2017–2018 school year, El Capitan High School ranked 9th out of 17 ranked high schools in the district, 13th out of 134 in the San Diego metropolitan area, 801st out of 1,612 in the state of California, and 5,997th out of 17,792 in the United States according to the U.S. News & World Report. For their 2021 rankings, Niche ranked the school 437th among 2,572 California high schools.
Athletics The school fields teams in the following sports: FallWinterSpring High school football Cross Country Girls High school volleyball Girls Golf Girls Tennis Boys Water polo Girls & Boys High school basketball Girls Water Polo High school soccer Scholastic wrestling Competitive cheerleader Boys Tennis Boys Volleyball Girls & Boys Swimming Boys Golf Boys Baseball Softball Track and field Gymnastics lacrosse
Students
Academicyear Total Race or ethnicity AfricanAmerican AIAN Asian Filipino Hispanicor Latino PacificIslander White Multiracial Notreported 2014–2015 1,649 1.3% 1.5% 0.4% 0.5% 25.2% 0.2% 63.5% 6.2% 1.2% 2015–2016 1,591 1.7% 1.9% 0.8% 0.4% 28.7% 0.2% 60.2% 6.1% 0.0% 2016–2017 1,600 1.8% 2.0% 0.8% 0.6% 29.9% 0.3% 59.1% 5.6% 0.0% 2017–2018 1,675 1.9% 1.8% 0.9% 0.4% 32.8% 0.3% 55.5% 6.4% 0.0% 2018–2019 1,659 2.2% 2.2% 1.0% 0.8% 29.4% 0.2% 59.0% 5.2% 0.0% 2019–2020 1,649 2.8% 2.8% 1.4% 1.1% 25.0% 0.2% 61.8% 4.9% 0.0%
Notable alumni Ashli Babbitt, protester killed in the 2021 United States Capitol attack Jeff Byrd, MLB pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays Kevin Ginkel, MLB pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks Delanie Gourley, softball pitcher Matt LaChappa, minor league pitcher for the San Diego Padres Ryan Lindley, NFL quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals Nic Long, Olympic BMX cyclist Jaime Preciado, bass player for Pierce The Veil Stacie Terry-Hutson, college basketball coach and women's basketball head coach at San Diego State
See also List of high schools in San Diego County, California List of high schools in California
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