High Tech High High Tech High is a group of 11 public charter schools in San Diego. It is non-selective: applicants are chosen by lottery according to postcode, using an algorithm to ensure that the school populations mirror the demographics of San Diego County. When High Tech High began in 2000, its founders decided that rather than focusing on a range of metrics and test scores, they would measure
their success by how many of their graduates went on to university. Since then, 99% of High Tech High
students have gone on to two-year colleges or universities. 35% of these are the first generation of their
family to do so. High Tech High has achieved this remarkable success by building the entire school culture around a carefully designed project-based curriculum. For more information about High Tech