East Village Middle College High School in downtown San Diego gives grades 9-12 students weighted college credit through a dual-enrollment partnership between San Diego Unified and the San Diego Community College District. Students earn up to 11 weighted college credits per semester — including optional summer and winter sessions — alongside their high school diploma, with all courses and materials provided at no cost through the adjacent San Diego City College campus on Park Boulevard. A 2.5 minimum GPA and scored application essay screen incoming freshmen for college readiness, capping enrollment at 160 students with an 18-to-1 student-teacher ratio across all subjects. Upperclassmen can complete all UC and CSU general education requirements, earn career-technical certificates, and finish associate's degrees before their high school graduation — an accelerated timeline supported by campus resources including the City College Bookstore, where dual-enrollment students access college-level course materials. Late-start block scheduling aligns the academic day with adolescent sleep research while leaving before- and after-school windows for tutoring sessions, compressing four years of college preparation onto a 60-acre campus steps from Balboa Park.