San Diego Unified School District
Encyclopedia
San Diego Unified School District (also known as San Diego City Schools) is the school district
of San Diego, California
. It was founded in 1854. As of 2005 it represents over 200 institutions and has over 15,800 employees.
The district includes 113 elementary school
s, 24 middle school
s, 4 atypical schools, 10 alternative schools, 27 high schools and 25 charter school
s.
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
of San Diego, California
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
. It was founded in 1854. As of 2005 it represents over 200 institutions and has over 15,800 employees.
The district includes 113 elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
s, 24 middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
s, 4 atypical schools, 10 alternative schools, 27 high schools and 25 charter school
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
s.
Senior High Schools
General requirements: students must earn a total of 44 credits in grades 9 through 12.- Arroyo Paseo Charter High School (9-12)
- Clairemont High SchoolClairemont High SchoolClairemont High School is a public high school located in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District. The campus is situated close to the intersection of Balboa Ave and Clairemont Drive. There are approximately 1,350 students and 87...
(9-12) - Will C. Crawford High SchoolWill C. Crawford High SchoolWill C. Crawford High School is a high school located in the El Cerrito neighborhood of San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District. Erected in 1957 and dedicated in 1958, it is a comprehensive school serving 1,500 students in grades 9-12...
(9-12) - Health Sciences Charter High School (9-12)
- Patrick Henry High SchoolPatrick Henry High School (San Diego, California)Patrick Henry High School is a public high school in San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District. It is attended by students in grades 9-12 residing in Del Cerro, San Carlos, Allied Gardens, Mission Valley and the College Area....
(9-12) - Herbert Hoover High SchoolHerbert Hoover High School (San Diego)Herbert Hoover High School is a comprehensive public secondary school located in the Talmadge neighborhood of San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District.The school was established in 1930 and named in honor of then U.S...
(9-12) - Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Charter SchoolGary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Charter SchoolGary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Charter School, often referred to as High Tech High , is a public charter high school in :San Diego, California...
(9-12) - High Tech High InternationalHigh Tech High InternationalHigh Tech High International, often referred to as HTHI, is a public charter high school in San Diego, California. It is the third school in a program that attempts to change the way most students in the United States and countries with similar schools are taught...
(9-12) - High Tech High Media ArtsHigh Tech High Media ArtsHigh Tech High Media Arts, often referred to as HTHMA, is a public charter high school in San Diego, California. It is the fourth school in the High Tech High charter schools coalition of schools that attempts to change the way most students in the United States and countries with similar schools...
(9-12) - Stephen Kearny High SchoolKearny High School (San Diego, California)Kearny High School is a public high school in San Diego, California. Kearny High School serves students in grades 9-12 from the Linda Vista, Serra Mesa and Kearny Mesa communities. The school is part of the San Diego Unified School District...
(9-12) - La Jolla High SchoolLa Jolla High SchoolLa Jolla, CA 92037 Enrollment 1,650 Colors Black & Red██ Mascot Viking Rival Schools The Bishop's School, Cathedral Catholic High School, Mission Bay High School, University City High School Homepage...
(9-12) - Abraham Lincoln High SchoolAbraham Lincoln High School (San Diego)Abraham Lincoln High School , is an urban public high school in San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District. It serves approximately 2100-2700 students in grades 9-12 in the American K-12 education system...
(9-12) - James Madison High SchoolJames Madison High School (California)For schools with a similar name, see Madison High School.James Madison High School is a public high school in San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District. Madison's campus opened in 1962...
(9-12) - Mira Mesa High School (9-12)
- Mission Bay High School (9-12)
- Samuel F. B. Morse High SchoolSamuel F. B. Morse High SchoolSamuel F. B. Morse High School, also called Morse High School or simply Morse, is an urban public high school located in southeastern San Diego in the neighborhood of Skyline Hills serving grades 9-12 in the American K-12 education system. Named after inventor Samuel Finley Breese Morse, it first...
(9-12) - Point Loma High SchoolPoint Loma High SchoolPoint Loma High School is a public high school in the San Diego Unified School District in San Diego, California. It is located in the Loma Portal neighborhood of Point Loma. The school serves the neighborhoods of Point Loma and Ocean Beach. In addition, students who live in Mission Hills may...
(9-12) - Preuss Charter School at UCSD (6-12)
- San Diego High SchoolSan Diego High SchoolSan Diego High School is an urban public educational complex comprising six small schools located on the southern edge of Balboa Park, in San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District. It is the oldest high school in the San Diego Unified School District and one of the...
(9-12) - San Diego School of Creative and Performing ArtsSan Diego School of Creative and Performing ArtsThe San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, known as SCPA, is a public arts magnet school in southeastern San Diego, California, USA. Most of the students in grades 6-12 are bussed to the school from throughout the San Diego Unified School District...
(9-12) - Junípero Serra High SchoolJunípero Serra High School (San Diego, California)Junípero Serra High School is a public high school situated in the community of Tierrasanta within the city of San Diego, California. It is nearly adjacent to Murphy Canyon, a large military housing community...
(9-12) - San Diego High Educational ComplexSan Diego High SchoolSan Diego High School is an urban public educational complex comprising six small schools located on the southern edge of Balboa Park, in San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District. It is the oldest high school in the San Diego Unified School District and one of the...
(9-12) - Scripps Ranch High SchoolScripps Ranch High SchoolScripps Ranch High School , located in Northeast San Diego, California, United States, serves the Scripps Ranch community as well as students participating in the Voluntary Enrollment Exchange Program bussing program of the San Diego Unified School District...
(9-12) - School of Creative and Performing ArtsSan Diego School of Creative and Performing ArtsThe San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, known as SCPA, is a public arts magnet school in southeastern San Diego, California, USA. Most of the students in grades 6-12 are bussed to the school from throughout the San Diego Unified School District...
(6-12) - Science and Technology Senior High School
- Science Connections and Technology Senior High School
- Mark Twain High School (9-12)
- University City High SchoolUniversity City High School (San Diego)-School Overview:University City High School, located in the University City section of San Diego, California, is a comprehensive, four-year public high school, part of the San Diego Unified School District. The school opened in September 1981. The school, commonly referred to as UC High, ranked...
(9-12)
Middle schools
- Albert Einstein Academy Charter School (6-8)
- Audubon School (K-8)
- Bell Middle School (6-8) (est. 1969)
- Challenger Middle School (6-8) (est. 1987)
- Clark Middle School (6-8)
- Correia Middle School (7-8)
- Creative Performing Media Arts Middle school (6-8)
- Dana Middle SchoolDana Middle School (San Diego)Richard Henry Dana Middle School is a public middle school in San Diego, California, part of the San Diego Unified School District. It was originally built in 1949. It serves approximately 820 students in grades 5 and 6. It is located in the Loma Portal neighborhood of Point Loma...
(5-6) (est. 1949) - DePortola Middle School (6-8)
- Farb Middle School (6-8)
- Gompers Charter Middle School (6-9)
- High Tech Middle Charter SchoolHigh Tech Middle SchoolHigh Tech Middle, often abbreviated as HTM, is a public charter middle school in San Diego, California. High Tech Middle was founded by High Tech High...
(6-8) - Holly Drive Leadership Academy Charter School (K-8)
- Iftin Charter School (K-8)
- Innovation Middle School (7-8)
- Keiller Leadership Academy Charter School (6-8)
- KIPP Adelante Prep Academy Charter School (5-8)
- Lewis Middle School (6-8)
- Magnolia Science Academy - San Diego 2
- Mann Middle School (6-8)
- Marshall Middle SchoolMarshall Middle School (San Diego)Marshall Middle School, founded in 1998, is a middle school in the San Diego City Schools school district that is named after Thurgood Marshall and is in San Diego, California, USA. It is located on 9700 Avenue of Nations in the community of Scripps Ranch in San Diego . The original campus was...
(6-8) (est. 1998) - Marston Middle School (6-8)
- Memorial Preparatory for Scholars & Athletes (6-8)
- Millennial Tech Middle School (6-8)
- Momentum Middle Charter School (6-8)
- Montgomery Middle School (6-8)
- Muirlands Middle School (6-8)
- O'Farrell Community Charter School (6-9)
- Pacific Beach Middle School (6-8)
- Pershing Middle SchoolPershing Middle School (San Diego)Pershing Middle School, founded in 1964, is a middle school in the San Diego City Schools school district that is named after John J. Pershing and is in San Diego, California. It is located on San Carlos Drive in the community of San Carlos in San Diego .-History:The twenty-eight acre site for the...
(6-8) - Roosevelt Middle Schoo] (6-8)
- Standley Middle School (6-8) (est. 1976)
- Taft Middle School (6-8)
- Wangenheim Middle School (6-8)
- Wilson Middle School (6-8)
Elementary schools
- Adams Elementary School (K-5)
- Albert Einstein Academy Charter School (K-5)
- Angier Elementary School (K-5)
- Audubon School (K-8)
- Baker Elementary School (K-6)
- Balboa Elementary SchoolBalboa Elementary SchoolBalboa Elementary School is an elementary school serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade in the San Diego, California, United States, as part of the San Diego City Schools.-Awards and recognition:...
(K-6) - Barnard Elementary School (K-5)
- Bay Park Elementary School (K-5)
- Bayview Terrace Elementary School (K-5)
- Benchley/Weinberger Elementary School (K-5)
- Bethune Elementary School (K-8)
- Bird Rock Elementary School (K-5)
- Birney Elementary School (K-5)
- Boone Elementary School (K-5)
- Burbank Elementary School (K-5)
- Cabrillo Elementary School (K-4)
- Cadman Elementary School (K-5)
- Carson Elementary School (K-5)
- Carver Elementary School (K-8)
- Central Elementary School (K-5)
- Chavez Elementary School (K-6)
- Cherokee Point Elementary School (K-5)
- Chesterton Elementary School (K-5)
- Chollas/Mead Elementary School (K-6)
- Clay Elementary School (K-5)
- Crown Point Elementary School (K-5)
- Cubberley Elementary School (K-5)
- Curie Elementary School (K-5)
- Dailard Elementary School (K-5)
- Darnall Charter School (K-6)
- Dewey Elementary School (K-4)
- Dingeman Elementary School (K-5)
- Doyle Elementary School (K-5)
- Edison Elementary School (K-5)
- Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School (K-5)
- Emerson/Bandini Elementary School (K-6)
- Encanto Elementary School (K-5)
- Ericson Elementary School (K-5)
- Euclid Elementary School (K-5)
- Explorer Charter School (K-5)
- Fay Elementary School
- Field Elementary School (K-6)
- Fletcher Elementary School (K-5)
- Florence Elementary School (K-5)
- Foster Elementary School (K-5)
- Franklin Elementary School (K-5)
- Freese Elementary School (K-5)
- Fulton Elementary School (K-7)
- Gage Elementary School (K-5)
- Golden Hill Elementary School (K-8)
- Grant Elementary School (K-8)
- Green Elementary School (K-5)
- Hage Elementary School (K-5)
- Hamilton Elementary School (K-5)
- Hancock Elementary School (K-5)
- Hardy Elementary School (K-5)
- Harriett Tubman Village Charter School (K-8)
- Hawthorne Elementary School (K-6)
- Phoebe Hearst Elementary SchoolPhoebe Hearst Elementary School (San Diego)Phoebe Hearst Elementary School is a public elementary school in the Del Cerro area of San Diego, California, under the San Diego Unified School District. It enrolls around 520 students in grades K-5.-History:...
(K-5) - Hickman Elementary School (K-5)
- Holmes Elementary School (K-6)
- Horton Elementary School (K-6)
- Ibarra Elementary School (K-5)
- Innovations Academy Charter School (K-8)
- Jefferson Elementary School (K-5)
- Jerabek Elementary School (K-5)
- Johnson Elementary School (K-6)
- Jones Elementary School (K-5)
- Joyner Elementary School (K-5)
- Juarez Elementary School (K-5)
- Kimbrough Elementary School (K-5)
- King/Chavez Academy Charter Schools (K-8)
- Knox Elementary School (K-8)
- Kumeyaay Elementary School (K-5)
- La Jolla Elementary School (K-5)
- Lafayette Elementary School (K-6)
- Lee Elementary School (K-5)
- Linda Vista Elementary School (K-5)
- Lindbergh Schweitzer Elementary School (K-6)
- Logan Elementary School (K-7)
- Loma Portal Elementary School (K-4)
- Longfellow School (K-8)
- Marshall Elementary School (K-5)est.1956
- Marvin Elementary School (K-5)
- Mason Elementary School (K-5)
- McKinley Elementary School (K-5)
- McGill Charter School (K-2)
- Miller Elementary School (K-5)
- Miramar Ranch Elementary School (K-5)
- Museum Charter School (K-6)
- Normal Heights Elementary School (K-5)
- Nubia Leadership Academy Charter School (K-6)
- Nye Elementary School (K-5)
- Oak Park Elementary School (K-5)
- Ocean Beach Elementary School (K-4)
- Pacific Beach Elementary School (K-5)
- Paradise Hills Elementary School (K-5)
- Rosa Parks Elementary School (K-5)
- Penn Elementary School (K-5)
- Perkins Elementary School (K-7)
- Perry Elementary School (K-5)
- Porter Elementary School (K-6)
- Promise Charter School (K-8)
- Rodriguez Elementary School (K-5)
- Rolando Park Elementary School (K-5)
- Ross Elementary School (K-5)
- Rowan Elementary School (K-5)
- Sandburg Elementary School (K-5)
- Sequoia Elementary School (K-6)
- Kate Sessions Elementary School (K-5)
- Sherman Elementary School (K-5)
- Silver Gate Elementary School (K-4)
- Spreckels Elementary School (K-5)
- Sunset View Elementary School (K-4)
- Tierrasanta Elementary School (K-5)
- Toler Elementary School (K-5)
- Torrey Pines Elementary School (K-5)
- Urban Discovery Academy Charter School (K-6)
- Valencia Park Elementary School (K-5)
- Vista Grande Elementary School (K-5)
- Walker Elementary School (K-5)
- Washington Elementary School (K-5)
- Webster Elementary School (K-6)
- Wegeforth Elementary School (K-5)
- Whitman Elementary School (K-6)
- Zamorano Elementary School (K-5)
See also
- High Schools of San Diego, for private schools and public schools outside of the district.