Escondido Charter High School

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{{Infobox school

| name = Escondido Charter High School

| image = ECHS Crest.png

| image_size = 200px

| location =

| streetaddress = 1868 East Valley Parkway

| city = Escondido

| state = California

| zipcode = 92027

| country = USA

| coordinates = {{coord|33.137|N|117.055|W|region:US-CA_type:edu_scale:1500|display=inline}}

| schoolnumber =

| schoolboard = ECHS Board of Directors

| district = Escondido Union High School District

| authority =

| affiliation =

| head_label = Executive Director

| head = Shawn Roner, M.A.

| faculty =

| teaching_staff =

| avg_class_size = 20

| gender = Co-educational

| fundingtype =

| type = Public charter high school

| system =

| language =

| classrooms =

| campus = Academic buildings, 6,500 sq. ft library, lacrosse/soccer/football fields, indoor gymnasium, theater, student union, and outdoor courtyards{{cite news| last=Gonzalez| first=Blanca| title=Charter campus set to open| url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20030801-9999_1mi1charter.html| work=The San Diego Union-Tribune| date=2003-08-01| accessdate=2009-09-14}}

| campus size = {{convert|7.8|acre|m2|adj=on}}

| motto = Education is Our Business

| accreditation = Western Association of Schools and Colleges[http://www.acswasc.org/pdf_general/WASC_DirectoryAccreditedSchools.pdf Western Association of Schools and Colleges Directory of Accredited Schools 2005-2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010120530/http://www.acswasc.org/pdf_general/WASC_DirectoryAccreditedSchools.pdf |date=October 10, 2008 }}

| rivals = Classical Academy

| mascot = White Tiger

| mascot image =

| sports = Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Wrestling, Volleyball, Swimming, Football, Softball, Golf

| colors = Maroon, white and Black

| newspaper = The Charterian

| established = 1996

| alumni =

| enrollment = 765 (2015-16){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0612910&ID=061291006493|title=Escondido Charter High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=November 22, 2018}}

| homepage = https://amhcs.org/echs/

}}

Escondido Charter High School (colloquially referred to as Charter and ECHS) is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory day school in Escondido, California, for grades 9–12. 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.