Public schools in Encinitas, CA

Encinitas has 12 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 8,047 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; San Dieguito Union High School District runs 5 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Encinitas's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in EncinitasDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
San Dieguito Union High School District512,615$14,491
Encinitas Union School District54,648$17,128
JCS - Mountain Oaks District1237$13,097
JCS - Cedar Cove District1136$13,728

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Encinitas, 3,704 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
San Dieguito HS Academy1,84324.419.7%San Dieguito Union High
La Costa Canyon High1,77422.114.1%San Dieguito Union High
Sunset High (Continuation)8712.428.7%San Dieguito Union High

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Encinitas, 1,495 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Oak Crest Middle75822.218.2%San Dieguito Union High
Diegueno Middle73724.111.7%San Dieguito Union High

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 elementary schools in Encinitas, 2,717 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Capri Elementary61324.517.5%Encinitas Union
Paul Ecke-Central Elementary56922.821.4%Encinitas Union
Ocean Knoll Elementary47925.230.1%Encinitas Union
Park Dale Lane Elementary42421.217.5%Encinitas Union
Flora Vista Elementary37725.19.8%Encinitas Union
JCS - Mountain Oaks25516.323.9%JCS - Mountain Oaks District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Encinitas, 131 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
JCS - Cedar Cove13114.736.6%JCS - Cedar Cove District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Encinitas's public schools compare with California's

The median Encinitas school has 22.5 students per full-time teacher, more than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 524 students (state 471).

Encinitas against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
EncinitasCalifornia
Median students per teacher22.521.6
Median school size (students)524471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%74%
Charter schools17%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 12 Encinitas schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Encinitas

  1. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictRuns 5 of Encinitas's 12 public schools and spent $14,491 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,491
  2. San Dieguito HS Academy, the largest high school in Encinitas1,843 students in 2024-25, 24.4 per teacher.1,843
  3. Compare San Dieguito Union High School District with Encinitas Union School DistrictEncinitas's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Encinitas addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Encinitas

  1. How many public schools are in Encinitas, CA?
    12 public schools with an address in Encinitas were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 8,047 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Encinitas?
    San Dieguito HS Academy, with 1,843 students in 2024-25 (San Dieguito Union High School District).
  3. Which districts run Encinitas's schools?
    San Dieguito Union High School District (5 schools), Encinitas Union School District (5 schools), JCS - Mountain Oaks District (1 school), JCS - Cedar Cove District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .