List of primary and secondary schools in San Diego explained

This is a list of primary and secondary schools in San Diego, California, organized by school district.

The San Diego Unified School District is the school district that serves the majority of the city. The district includes 121 elementary schools, 24 middle schools, 21 high schools, and two atypical schools. In the northern part of the city, Poway Unified School District and San Dieguito Union High School District are districts outside city limits, but serve several schools within city limits. In the southern part of the city, Sweetwater Union High School District serves multiple schools within city limits, although it is headquartered outside city limits.

High schools

Charter

School	Neighborhood	Focus
Health Science High & Middle College (HSHMC)	Corridor	Medicine
Cortez Hill Academy	Cortez Hill (Downtown)	Liberal Arts
E3 Civic High School	East Village	Biomedical health and digital media
Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Charter School	Liberty Station	Liberal Arts
High Tech High charter schools	Point Loma	Liberal Arts
Gompers Preparatory Academy	Chollas View	College Preparatory
The O'Farrell Charter schools	Skyline-Encanto	College Preparatory
Preuss School	University City and La Jolla	College Preparatory

Private denominational

School	Neighborhood	Religion
The Bishop's School	Village of La Jolla	Episcopal
Torah High Schools of San Diego	University City	Jewish
Cathedral Catholic	Carmel Valley	Roman Catholic
Horizon Christian Academy	Clairemont Mesa West	Christian
	Oak Park	Lutheran
St. Augustine	North Park	Roman Catholic
St. Gregory the Great	Sycamore Estates	Roman Catholic
The Academy of Our Lady of Peace	University Heights		Roman Catholic
Christian High School San Diego	El Cajon	Christian
Our Lady of Peace	North Park	Roman Catholic
Santa Fe Christian	Solana Beach	Christian
Mater Dei High School	Otay Ranch	Roman Catholic

Private nonsectarian

School	Neighborhood
Balboa City School	Bankers Hill
Excelsior Academy	La Mesa
Halstrom High School	Kensington
The Grauer School	Encinitas
Francis Parker School	Linda Vista
La Jolla Country Day School
La Petite Ecole du Lycee Francais - French International School of San Diego	Serra Mesa
Army and Navy Academy	Carlsbad
Pacific Ridge School	Carlsbad

Poway Unified

School	Neighborhood
Abraxas High School	Poway
Del Norte	4S Ranch and Black Mountain Ranch
Mt. Carmel	Rancho Peñasquitos
Poway	Poway
Rancho Bernardo	Rancho Bernardo
Westview	Torrey Highlands

San Diego Unified

School	Neighborhood
Canyon Hills	Tierrasanta
Clairemont	Bay Park
Will C. Crawford	El Cerrito
Patrick Henry	San Carlos
Herbert Hoover	City Heights
Stephen Kearny	Linda Vista
La Jolla	Beach Barber Tract
	Rolando Park
Abraham Lincoln	Lincoln Park
James Madison	Clairemont Mesa East
Mira Mesa High	Mira Mesa
Mission Bay	Pacific Beach
Samuel F. Morse	Skyline and Bay Terraces
Point Loma	Loma Portal
East Village High School	East Village
San Diego High	East Village and Cortez Hill
School of Creative and Performing Arts	Bay Terraces
Scripps Ranch	Scripps Ranch
University City High	University City

San Dieguito Union

School	Neighborhood
Canyon Crest Academy	Carmel Valley
La Costa Canyon High School	Carlsbad
San Dieguito Academy	Encinitas
Sunset High School	Encinitas
Torrey Pines	Carmel Valley

Middle/Junior high schools

Private nonsectarian

School	Neighborhood
The Grauer School	Encinitas
The Child's Primary School	Clairemont Mesa West

Poway Unified

School	Neighborhood
Bernardo Heights	Rancho Bernardo
Black Mountain	Rancho Peñasquitos
Mesa Verde	Rancho Peñasquitos
Oak Valley	4S Ranch
Meadowbrook	Poway
Twin Peaks	Poway

San Diego Unified

School	Neighborhood
Bell	Bay Terraces
Challenger	Mira Mesa
Clark	Fairmount Village
Correia	Point Loma Heights
Dana	Roseville Fleet Ridge
De Portola	Tierrasanta
Keiller Leadership Academy	Jamacha-Lomita
CPMA (Creative Performing Media Arts)	North Clairemont
Lewis	Allied Gardens
Magnolia Science Academy - San Diego	Allied Gardens
Mann Middle	El Cerrito
Marshall	Scripps Ranch
Marston	Bay Park
Montgomery	Linda Vista
Muirlands	Muirlands
The O'Farrell Charter Schools	South Encanto and Skyline
Pacific Beach Middle	Pacific Beach
Pershing	Lake Murray
Roosevelt	Marston Hills
Standley	University City
Taft Middle	Serra Mesa
Wangenheim	Mira Mesa
Wilson Middle School	Corridor

San Dieguito Union

School	Neighborhood
Carmel Valley Middle	Carmel Valley
Diegueno Middle School	Encinitas
Earl Warren Middle School	Solana Beach
Oak Crest Middle School	Encinitas
Pacific Trails Middle School	Carmel Valley

Elementary schools

Private Independent

School	Neighborhood	Religion
Murphy Canyon Preschool	Kearny Mesa	none
The Child's Primary School	Clairemont Mesa West	Private, Independent
Del Mar Pines School	Carmel Valley	none

Private Denominational

School	Neighborhood	Religion
The Cambridge School (San Diego)	Rancho Peñasquitos	Christian, Classical
Christian Unified of San Diego	El Cajon	Christian
Horizon Christian Academy	Clairemont Mesa West	Christian
Islamic School of San Diego	Clairemont Mesa East	Islam
Ramona Lutheran School	Ramona	Christian, Lutheran
Reformation Lutheran Church and School	Clairemont Mesa East	Christian, Lutheran (WELS)
St. Michael's School	Poway	Catholic
St. Paul's Lutheran School	Pacific Beach	Lutheran
St. Rita's School	Valencia Park	Catholic

Cardiff School District

School	Neighborhood
Cardiff Elementary (Grades K-2)	Encinitas
Ada Harris Elementary (Grades 3-6)	Encinitas

Encinitas Union

School	Neighborhood
Capri	Leucadia
El Camino Creek	Carlsbad
Flora Vista	Encinitas
La Costa Heights	Carlsbad
Mission Estancia	Carlsbad
Ocean Knoll	Encinitas
Olivenhain Pioneer	Carlsbad
Paul Ecke	Encinitas
Park Dale Lane	Encinitas

Poway Unified

School	Neighborhood
Adobe Bluffs	Rancho Peñasquitos
Canyon View	Rancho Peñasquitos
Chaparral	Poway
Chesterton	Linda Vista
Creekside	Sabre Springs
Deer Canyon	Rancho Peñasquitos
Del Sur	Black Mountain Ranch
Garden Road	Poway
Highland Ranch	Carmel Mountain Ranch
Los Peñasquitos	Rancho Peñasquitos
Midland	Old Poway
Monterey Ridge	4S Ranch
Morning Creek	Sabre Springs
Painted Rock	Poway
Park Village	Rancho Peñasquitos
Pomerado	Poway
Rolling Hills	Black Mountain Ranch
Shoal Creek	Carmel Mountain Ranch
Stone Ranch	4S Ranch
Sundance	Rancho Peñasquitos
Sunset Hills	Rancho Peñasquitos
Tierra Bonita	Poway
Turtleback	Rancho Bernardo
Valley	Poway
Westwood	Rancho Bernardo
Willow Grove	Black Mountain Ranch Village

San Diego Unified

School	Neighborhood
Ellen Browning (E.B.) Scripps	Miramar Ranch North
Jerabek	Scripps Ranch
Miramar Ranch	Scripps Ranch
Dingeman	Miramar Ranch North
Innovations Academy	Kearny Mesa
Clairemont Canyons Academy	Clairemont Mesa East
Sequoia	Clairemont Mesa East
Mt. Everest Academy	Clairemont Mesa West
Pacific Beach Elementary	Pacific Beach
Barnard Asian Pacific Language Academy	Pacific Beach
Balboa	Shelltown
Logan K-8	Logan Heights and Memorial
Linda Vista Elementary	Linda Vista
Sandburg	Mira Mesa
Hage	Mira Mesa
Tierrasanta Elementary	Tierrasanta
Kumeyaay	Tierrasanta
Vista Grande	Tierrasanta
Miller	Tierrasanta
Johnson Magnet	Emerald Hills
Boone	Bay Terraces
Hancock	Allied Gardens
Edison	Corridor
Cherokee Point	Cherokee Point
Central Elementary	Teralta West
Joyner	City Heights
Rosa Parks	Fairmount Village
Hamilton	City Heights
John Adams	Normal Heights
Alice Birney	University Heights
Spreckels	University City
McKinley	North Park
Washington	Little Italy
John Paul Jones	Serra Mesa
John G. Marvin	Allied Gardens

Preschool through High School

Private denominational

School	Neighborhood	Religion
The Bishop's School	Village of La Jolla	Episcopalian
Midway Baptist Schools	San Diego	Baptist
Horizon Christian Academy	Clairemont Mesa West	Christian
Little Lamb Land Christian Preschool	Mount Hope	Christian
San Diego Jewish Academy	Carmel Valley	Jewish
San Diego Academy	National City	Christian

Private nonsectarian

School	Neighborhood
Leeway Sudbury School	Normal Heights
Francis W. Parker (lower school)	Mission Hills
Francis W. Parker (upper school)	Linda Vista
La Jolla Country Day School	La Jolla and University City
Waldorf School of San Diego	City Heights
San Diego French American School (K-8)	La Jolla Alta
Day-McKellar Preparatory School	La Mesa
Ocean View Hills School	Ocean View Hills
Fusion Academy and Learning Center	Solana Beach

Other schools

• Monarch School (San Diego), a preschool-through-12 school exclusively for children impacted by homelessness, run as a public-private partnership between The Monarch School Project and the San Diego County Office of Education
• Art of Problem Solving Online School (San Diego), offers math and computer science courses online at the middle school and high school level. This school offers courses directly to students and their families as well as through arrangements with other schools.

See also

• List of high schools in San Diego County, California
• List of school districts in San Diego County, California