About Helix High District
Helix High District is a public school system serving San Diego County, California, based in La Mesa. It serves 2,554 students across 1 schools spanning 9–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #428 largest of California’s 1976 school systems.
Size and structure
Helix High District enrolls 2,554 students in 1 schools — an average of about 2,554 students per school. It serves grades 9–12 and ranks #428 of 1976 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Helix High District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,554 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Helix High District employs about 110 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 23.2:1 — above the California average of about 21.7:1. Total district staff is roughly 237.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How California funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Helix High District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
California reports school and district performance on the California School Dashboard, which rates indicators from red to blue across academic performance in English and math, chronic absenteeism, graduation rate, suspension rate, English-learner progress and college-and-career readiness. Look up Helix High District on the California School Dashboard.
Accreditation status
In California, most schools that seek K–12 accreditation use ACS WASC (the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges) rather than Cognia. Search Helix High District’s schools in the ACS WASC directory.
Helix High District vs. California
See every California district side by side in the California directory.
Look up Helix High District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):