Sweetwater Secondary School on Bonita Road in Chula Vista operates as an independent charter serving grades 7 through 12 under its own single-school district, the Sweetwater Secondary School District. The hybrid instructional model blends supervised on-campus sessions with independent home-based study, a structure that pairs naturally with the mentorship and after-school programming at the South Bay Youth Center. Enrollment of 369 students reflects the charter's design as a smaller-format alternative to comprehensive high schools, with AP coursework offered alongside credit-recovery and accelerated graduation tracks. The Bonita Road campus connects students to community-based enrichment across western Chula Vista, including physical fitness and leadership programming at the Chula Vista Youth Center. The hybrid scheduling framework assigns each student a credentialed supervising teacher who manages an individualized learning plan covering A-G college-preparatory requirements, with quarterly benchmark assessments in English Language Arts and mathematics mapped to California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress standards.