With 11 high schools (and a 12th coming to Alpine), the district covers 465 square miles and includes three charter…More schools (among them Helix Charter High School in La Mesa), one continuation high school and two alternative education sites. More than 20,000 students attend district schools.</p> <p>Headquartered is in the Old Main building—the original home of Grossmont High School—the administrative offices adjoin the current Grossmont High School. The district calls itself the largest employer in East San Diego County. And, in recent years, more than 70 percent of its graduates have gone on to community colleges or a four-year college/university.</p> <p>The district's Home Choice program makes it possible for parents to home-school their high-school-aged children. The district also has a coordinator for homeless and foster youth, as well as an adult school in El Cajon that is open to those 18 years old and older.</p>

With nine schools, the district covers all of Santee and one site (Pepper Drive) in El Cajon. More than 20,000…More students attend district schools.</p> <p>The District's headquarters is located across the street from Rio Seco school. The School Board holds regular meetings here.</p> <p>The <a href="http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2010/2010GrowthDstApi.aspx?cYear=&allcds=3768361&cChoice=2010GDst2">2010 API report</a> sheds some light on district details and more can be found at the <a href="http://www.santeesd.net/Page/1">district's website</a>.</p> <p>Schools:</p> <ul> <li>Hill Creek School</li> <li>Cajon Park Elementary School</li> <li>Carlton Hills School</li> <li>Pepper Drive School</li> <li>PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue School</li> <li>Chet F. Harritt School</li> <li>Carlton Oaks School</li> <li>Sycamore Canyon Elementary School</li> <li>Rio Seco School</li> </ul>

Homestead High School caters to students with disabilities who have special social and emotional needs. It is a…More small, tightly structured campus with a high staff to student ratio. The staff specializes in counseling, crisis management, working with the individual needs of students, and incentive-based behavior modification programs.</p> <p>According to its website, Homestead "is committed to assisting students to develop the interpersonal and academic skills needed to be successful in school, the community and workplace."</p>

Santana Adult Center is part of the Grossmont Union High School District's Adult Education School network, which is…More intended for adults age 18 and older. The classrooms are located in the student parking lot at the back of the Santana High School campus.</p> <p>Class offerings include: aerobics, apprenticeships, art, jewelry, photography, auto body repair, block masonry, fitness, water exercise, gardening, needlecraft, quilting, parent education, Tai-Chi and more.</p> <p>The mission of the Adult Education School is "to provide high-quality, affordable, lifelong educational opportunities and services for adults, addressing the educational needs of a diverse population in an era of rapid technological, economic and social change."</p>

"We bring learning home." That's the motto of Teach-N-Tutor in Santee. It offers private, group and after school…More classes and tutoring for kindergarten through high school age students. There's also preparation classes for the SAT test.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

West Hills High School teaches grades nine to twelve in the Grossmont…More Union High School District</a>. It received an Academic Performance Index score of 774 in 2009, with a statewide target of 800.</p> <p>The 76 acre sprawling campus is adjacent to West Hills Park and Mission Trails Regional Park and is home to a bright blue football field, tennis courts, baseball fields, a 500-plus seating capacity theater and an amphitheater.</p> <p>It emphasizes an academics first culture according to the "<a href="http://wolfpack.guhsd.net/index.php/about-us/the-west-hills-way">West Hills Way</a>," and offers students a library, computer labs, AP/Honors, a music program, many clubs and more.</p> <p>School athletic teams include basketball, football, cross country, track and field, softball, roller hockey, soccer, water polo, wrestling, baseball, golf, gymnastics, cheerleading, softball, swim and dive, tennis, track and volleyball.</p> <p>As of 2008-2009 the teaching faculty included 94 full-time classroom teachers. The school consisted of 71 percent white and 12 percent Hispanic students in 2008-2009.</p>