Granite Hills High School (El Cajon, California)

Granite Hills is a census-designated place in San Diego County, California. The name is also applied to a neighborhood within the city limits of El Cajon in the eastern part of that city. The population of the CDP, which does not include the people living within the city of El Cajon, was 3,035 at the 2010 census, down from 3,246 at the 2000 census.

Shadow Mountain Community Church is a Baptist megachurch located in El Cajon, California, a city in San Diego county. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

Christian High School, part of the Christian Unified Schools of San Diego, is located in El Cajon, California. It offers a college preparatory education, with the goal to "prepare students who are academically and spiritually prepared to be a light in their community and who understand the nature of God, His Word, and the importance of impacting the world for Christ." Christian High was founded by Dr. Timothy and Beverly LaHaye in 1965.In the first year, 1965–66, the school included grades 9-11. The school's principal was Guy East, a missionary with Wycliffe bible translators who was from Scott Memorial Baptist Church, the sponsoring church. He was in the country while on furlough. The principal from 1966-1972 was Pete Steveson. During that period, grades 7-8 and 12 were added. The first graduating class in 1967 included sixteen seniors. In those early years, the school grew from 32 students to 330 students. The school began to participate in interscholastic sports with other schools in the area. Over that time, the school added football, basketball, track, baseball, and cross country.

Singing Hills Memorial Park is a cemetery dedicated in 1996. It is located on the outskirts of El Cajon, California in the Dehesa Valley. A 65-acre (260,000 m2) wildlife preserve surrounds the dedicated 35-acre (140,000 m2) of burial, mausoleum and cremation property. Buried in Singing Hills is professional football player Henry Schmidt (1935–2021).

El Cajon Valley High School (ECVHS) is a comprehensive public secondary school located in El Cajon, California, which is in the eastern county of San Diego, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Established in 1955, El Cajon Valley is the third of twelve high schools to be built in the Grossmont Union High School District. ECVHS is the home of the Braves. El Cajon Valley High school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Kumeyaay Community College (formerly D–Q University) is a public community college in the U.S. state of California. Established in 2004 by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation through gaming revenues, it is located on the Sycuan Indian Reservation near El Cajon.

The Seminary of Mar Abba the Great is a Chaldean Catholic seminary located in El Cajon, California. The seminary is the first and only Chaldean Catholic seminary outside of Iraq. The seminary is part of the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle, a diocese which encompasses 19 of the westernmost states of the United States. The seminary was consecrated by Mar Sarhad Yawsip Jammo on July 25, 2008. Fr. Andrew Younan was appointed as the seminary's rector and Mar Bawai Soro was assigned to the post of spiritual director for those discerning the priesthood. The seminary proper has dorms for as many as 10 men, and there is another building on the land which is the Institute of Mar Abba the Great which is home to a chapel, library, and a classroom.

Rancho San Diego is a census-designated place (CDP) in the East County region of San Diego County, California. The population was 21,858 at the 2020 census, up from 21,208 at the 2010 census. The area was developed as subdivisions beginning in the 1970s.

St. John Chaldean Catholic Church is a Chaldean Catholic church located in El Cajon, California, United States. It is the third Chaldean parish in San Diego, serving the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle. The church building was originally owned by a non-Catholic Christian denomination before being acquired by the Eparchy.

St. Michael's Chaldean Catholic Church is a Chaldean Catholic church located in El Cajon, California, United States. It is a church part of the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle. The church plays a central role in the lives of Iraqi immigrants and refugees, providing them with a sense of community, solace, and a place to worship. This church, among other Chaldean Churches in the area, struggle to accommodate the increasing number of worshippers, with crowded services being a common occurrence.

Located in Rancho San Diego, Valhalla High School is a public high school operated by the Grossmont Union High School District with an enrollment of 2,112 students. The school is characterized by its school colors, orange and white, going by the nickname Orange Nation. During its existence, the school has won the California Distinguished School Award in both 2001 and 2003, and is also accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school is currently directed by principal Joshua Johnson and three assistant principals. Several programs are available to students, including ASB, marching, jazz, and orchestra bands, drama, color guard, cheer, dance, and athletics such as football and baseball, among other programs.

Rancho Cañada de los Coches was a 28-acre (0.11 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Apolinaria Lorenzana. This small land grant was located just west of Flinn Springs and in the center of Rancho El Cajon. The San Diego Mission fathers formerly watered their swine in dry seasons at a little spring arising from subterranean sources, thus giving it its name of "Glen of the Hogs". The site is now registered as California Historical Landmark #425.