High Tech High International District

Located at 2855 Farragut Road in San Diego, California, High Tech High International District operates as an open, independent public charter district situated within a dynamic large-city environment. Serving the greater San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metropolitan region, this single-school district focuses exclusively on secondary education, catering to students in grades 9 through 12. Functioning as its own local educational agency for federal programming, the district provides a specialized high school learning environment tailored to project-based learning, rigorous academics, and modern college-and-career readiness.

According to national education data for the 2024–2025 academic year, the district fosters a close-knit learning community with a total enrollment of 359 students evenly distributed across its high school grade levels. This focused scale enables a remarkably supportive academic atmosphere, anchored by a dedicated staff of 40 full-time equivalent teachers, 4.5 instructional aides, and over 25 support personnel, bringing total district staffing context to 70 full-time equivalent positions. With an impressive student-to-teacher ratio of under nine to one and a vibrant, diverse student body, High Tech High International offers students personalized instruction and researchers a compelling model of charter-based high school education.