List of primary and secondary schools in San Diego

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

San Diego Unified School District is the school district that serves the majority of San Diego. 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

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Charter

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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

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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
Victory Christian Academy Oak Park Lutheran
St. Augustine North Park Roman Catholic
St. Gregory the Great Sycamore Estates Roman Catholic
University Heights Roman Catholic
Christian High School 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

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School Neighborhood
Balboa City School Bankers Hill
Excelsior Academy La Mesa
Futures Academy Kensington
The Grauer School Encinitas
Francis Parker School Linda Vista
La Jolla Country Day School University City
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

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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

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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
Helix 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

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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

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Private nonsectarian

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

Poway Unified

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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

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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

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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

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Private Independent

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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 Classical

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School Neighborhood Religion
The Cambridge School Rancho Peñasquitos Christian, Classical

Private Denominational

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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

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

Encinitas Union

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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

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School Neighborhood
Adobe Bluffs Rancho Peñasquitos
Canyon View Rancho Peñasquitos
Chaparral Poway
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

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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

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Private denominational

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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

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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

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  • Monarch School, 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, 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

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