Escondido Charter High School

Escondido Charter High School (colloquially referred to as Charter and ECHS) is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory day school for grades 9–12 located in Escondido, California. The school opened in 1996 with only 30 students. Since then, the student population has grown to almost 400 in the traditional preparatory program, with over 500 students attending the independent learning program. A Charter education is grounded in a classical "back to basics learning," and the importance of pupil-faculty intellectual discourse. Most classes maintain an average size of 20 students per class.

Academics
Students must complete and pass the California High School Exit Exam, in addition to a final senior thesis that must be sufficiently defended in front of a committee for review.

College matriculation
Recent Charter graduates have matriculated at the following schools:


 * Auburn University
 * Baylor University
 * University of California, Berkeley
 * Biola University
 * Brigham Young University, Idaho
 * Brigham Young University
 * Brown University
 * Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
 * Cal State, Channel Islands
 * California Institute of Technology
 * Carleton College
 * Dartmouth College
 * Davidson College
 * Duke University
 * University of California, Davis
 * Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
 * Florida State University
 * The George Washington University
 * Georgetown University
 * Gettysburg College
 * Harvey Mudd College
 * University of California, Irvine
 * Johns Hopkins University
 * University of California, Los Angeles
 * Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * Northern Arizona University
 * University of Notre Dame
 * University of Oregon
 * University of Pennsylvania
 * Pepperdine University
 * Princeton University
 * University of California, Riverside
 * Saint Mary's College of California
 * San Diego State University
 * University of California, Santa Barbara
 * University of California, Santa Cruz
 * Santa Clara University
 * Southern Methodist University
 * University of Southern California
 * Smith College
 * Stanford University
 * Syracuse University
 * University of California, San Diego
 * University of Tennessee, Knoxville
 * Texas A&M
 * Tulane University
 * University of San Diego
 * University of Virginia
 * Vassar College
 * Westmont College
 * Yale University

Programs

 * Traditional Classroom Program (TCP)
 * Flex 1:1 (pronounced "one on one")(Previously known as the "ILP" (Individualized Learning Program) program)
 * Flex 4-Day Program (previously ICP)