Best Public Schools in San Marcos, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018)				Ranking (2017)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2018)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Statewide Rank (2017)	State Percentile (2017)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade
Pivot Charter School - San Diego	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1030 La Bonita Dr. Ste. 100	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	Mountain Empire Unified	Yes	No	Yes	(n/a)	(760) 591-0217	105	30	3.5	29.0%	52 (49.5%)	4 (3.8%)	39 (37.1%)	4 (3.8%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.8%)								(n/a)					27.8	41.4	48.6					11.1	19.2	8.6
Alvin M. Dunn Elementary	Public	K-6	3697 La Mirada Dr.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 290-2000	782	33	23.6	80.0%	57 (7.3%)	6 (0.8%)	699 (89.4%)	18 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.6%)	30.3	3800^th of 5662 public elementary schools	32.9%		23.8	4355^th of 5692 public elementary schools	23.5%	555	49.5	47.5	27.1	17.1				54.0	35.4	15.4	7.2
Richland Elementary	Public	K-5	910 Borden Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 290-2400	768	31	25.0	38.0%	383 (49.9%)	9 (1.2%)	339 (44.1%)	35 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.2%)	77.9	1226^th of 5662 public elementary schools	78.3%		79.9	1139^th of 5692 public elementary schools	80.0%	87	69.8	68.5	56.6					70.7	55.4	47.3
Twin Oaks High	Public	9-12	158 Cassou Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 290-2555	141	13	11.1	67.0%	24 (17.0%)	2 (1.4%)	113 (80.1%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11	1766^th of 2017 public high schools	12.4%		15.2	1589^th of 2021 public high schools	21.4%	177							9.5							0.0
San Marcos Elementary	Public	K-5	1 Tiger Way	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 290-2430	847	36	23.6	37.0%	13 (1.5%)	4 (0.5%)	821 (96.9%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	16	5000^th of 5662 public elementary schools	11.7%		25.1	4250^th of 5692 public elementary schools	25.3%	750	25.5	27.1	26.2					21.6	20.9	19.2
San Marcos High	Public	9-12	1615 San Marcos Blvd.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 290-2200	3,243	125	25.9	32.0%	1,528 (47.1%)	71 (2.2%)	1,315 (40.5%)	293 (9.0%)	15 (0.5%)	20 (0.6%)	1 (0.0%)	82.1	370^th of 2017 public high schools	81.7%		86	291^st of 2021 public high schools	85.6%	79							68.5							42.2
San Marcos Middle	Public	6-8	650 W. Mission Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 290-2500	1,235	53	23.2	75.0%	138 (11.2%)	24 (1.9%)	996 (80.6%)	69 (5.6%)	3 (0.2%)	5 (0.4%)	13 (1.1%)	51.2	1063^rd of 2480 public middle schools	57.1%		50.4	1092^nd of 2508 public middle schools	56.5%	29				53.9	50.5	52.4					36.5	32.2	25.9
Woodland Park Middle	Public	6-8	1270 Rock Springs Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 290-2455	1,372	57	24.1	44.0%	558 (40.7%)	39 (2.8%)	655 (47.7%)	106 (7.7%)	6 (0.4%)	7 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	67.1	710^th of 2480 public middle schools	71.4%		72.2	619^th of 2508 public middle schools	75.3%	91				59.3	64.3	51.7					45.8	44.5	38.3
Discovery Elementary	Public	K-5	730 Applewilde Dr.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 290-2077	725	28	26.3	26.0%	426 (58.8%)	12 (1.7%)	226 (31.2%)	60 (8.3%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.8%)	88.2	729^th of 5662 public elementary schools	87.1%		83.4	984^th of 5692 public elementary schools	82.7%	255	71.1	70.8	78.6					63.3	65.5	68.3
Twin Oaks Elementary	Public	K-5	1 Cassou Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 290-2588	665	29	22.9	56.0%	202 (30.4%)	11 (1.7%)	415 (62.4%)	33 (5.0%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.1%)	52	2453^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	56.7%		59.1	2061^st of 5692 public elementary schools	63.8%	392	51.9	47.9	49.0					48.1	40.9	35.6
Knob Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	1825 Knob Hill Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 290-2080	846	34	24.8	41.0%	359 (42.4%)	23 (2.7%)	397 (46.9%)	59 (7.0%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.7%)	22 (2.6%)	69.3	1601^st of 5662 public elementary schools	71.7%		75.7	1305^th of 5692 public elementary schools	77.1%	296	66.7	65.2	60.6					56.7	44.4	38.6
Foothills High	Public	9-12	158 Cassou Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 290-2544	53	3	16.5	60.0%	15 (28.3%)	2 (3.8%)	35 (66.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22	1475^th of 2017 public high schools	26.9%		20.8	1495^th of 2021 public high schools	26.0%	20							26.3							5.9
Paloma Elementary	Public	K-5	660 Camino Magnifico	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 290-2199	890	35	25.7	33.0%	403 (45.3%)	9 (1.0%)	369 (41.5%)	103 (11.6%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	35 (3.9%)	86.5	825^th of 5662 public elementary schools	85.4%		85.6	884^th of 5692 public elementary schools	84.5%	59	72.4	72.8	70.7					66.2	68.7	55.6
San Elijo Middle	Public	6-8	1600 Schhouse Way	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 290-2800	1,944	78	24.8	16.0%	1,322 (68.0%)	49 (2.5%)	385 (19.8%)	170 (8.7%)	9 (0.5%)	9 (0.5%)	50 (2.6%)	94.2	141^st of 2480 public middle schools	94.3%		90.5	232^nd of 2508 public middle schools	90.7%	91				78.3	80.2	81.4					70.6	66.6	64.7
Mission Hills High	Public	9-12	1 Mission Hills Ct.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 290-2700	2,522	103	24.5	43.0%	924 (36.6%)	69 (2.7%)	1,308 (51.9%)	196 (7.8%)	6 (0.2%)	18 (0.7%)	1 (0.0%)	69	615^th of 2017 public high schools	69.5%		79.2	425^th of 2021 public high schools	79.0%	190							61.7							30.1
Bayshore Preparatory Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1175 Linda Vista Dr.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(760) 471-0847	108	6	19.6	53.0%	56 (51.9%)	3 (2.8%)	37 (34.3%)	4 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	7 (6.5%)								(n/a)
San Elijo Elementary	Public	K-5	1615 Schhouse Way	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 290-2600	1,115	41	27.1	13.0%	780 (70.0%)	7 (0.6%)	240 (21.5%)	85 (7.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (6.2%)	93.7	397^th of 5662 public elementary schools	93.0%		94.8	345^th of 5692 public elementary schools	93.9%	52	78.1	82.2	83.4					75.2	70.3	71.7
Double Peak	Public	K-8	111 San Elijo Rd.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	San Marcos Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 290-2340	952	40	23.6	7.0%	621 (65.2%)	16 (1.7%)	148 (15.5%)	118 (12.4%)	8 (0.8%)	5 (0.5%)	36 (3.8%)								(n/a)	73.4	73.5	83.0	80.2	79.6	89.0		77.8	76.8	72.3	61.9	58.5	55.5
Taylion San Diego Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	100 N. Rancho Sante Fe Rd. #1	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	Vallecitos Elementary	Yes	No	Yes	(n/a)	(760) 295-5564	136	7	19.4	70.0%	45 (33.1%)	2 (1.5%)	80 (58.8%)	2 (1.5%)	4 (2.9%)	3 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							47.1							17.7
North Coastal Consortium Schools	Public, Alternative	K-12	255 Pico Ave. Rm. 220	San Marcos	92069	San Diego	San Diego County Office Of Education	No	No	No	No	(760) 761-5110	90	12	7.5	37.0%	40 (44.4%)	6 (6.7%)	35 (38.9%)	3 (3.3%)	3 (3.3%)	1 (1.1%)	6 (6.7%)								(n/a)
Pathways Academy Charter Adult Education	Public, Charter	9-12	1782 La Costa Meadows Dr.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(760) 494-9646	12	6	2.0	58.0%	2 (16.7%)		10 (83.3%)												(n/a)
High Technical High North County	Public, Charter	9-12	1420 San Marcos Blvd.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	Sbc - High Technical High	Yes	No	No	No	(619) 243-5014	447	22	20.3	36.0%	206 (46.1%)	8 (1.8%)	159 (35.6%)	31 (6.9%)	8 (1.8%)	3 (0.7%)	32 (7.2%)	77	456^th of 2017 public high schools	77.4%		84.7	322^nd of 2021 public high schools	84.1%	134							70.4							33.7
High Technical Middle North County	Public, Charter	6-8	1460 W. San Marcos Blvd.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	Sbc - High Technical High	Yes	No	No	Yes	(619) 243-5014	334	15	22.2	48.0%	144 (43.1%)	8 (2.4%)	151 (45.2%)	14 (4.2%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.9%)	52.8	1014^th of 2480 public middle schools	59.1%		50.7	1085^th of 2508 public middle schools	56.7%	71				43.9	54.3	72.5					26.6	27.6	38.4
High Technical Elementary North County	Public, Charter	K-5	1480 W. San Marcos Blvd.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	Sbc - High Technical High	Yes	No	No	Yes	(619) 243-5014	365	17	21.4	52.0%	122 (33.4%)	7 (1.9%)	191 (52.3%)	17 (4.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.8%)	48.9	2621^st of 5662 public elementary schools	53.7%		43.4	2900^th of 5692 public elementary schools	49.1%	279	43.1	51.6	46.2					52.3	38.1	32.8
Community Collaborative Virtual - Sage Oak Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1782 La Costa Meadows Dr.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	Helendale Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 494-9646																			(n/a)
Community Collaborative Virtual - Keppel Partnership Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1782 La Costa Meadows Dr.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego	Keppel Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 494-9646																			(n/a)

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Vista	2.27 mi	29	504^th
Escondido	3.78 mi	39	444^th
Carlsbad	4.23 mi	23	76^th
Oceanside	5.13 mi	39	428^th
Encinitas	6.18 mi	11	101^st

Best Public Schools in San Marcos, CA

San Elijo Middle

San Elijo Elementary

Discovery Elementary

Paloma Elementary

San Marcos High

Richland Elementary

High Technical High North County

Knob Hill Elementary

Mission Hills High

Woodland Park Middle

High Technical Middle North County

Twin Oaks Elementary

San Marcos Middle

High Technical Elementary North County

Alvin M. Dunn Elementary

Foothills High

San Marcos Elementary

Twin Oaks High

Bayshore Preparatory Charter

Community Collaborative Virtual - Keppel Partnership Academy

Community Collaborative Virtual - Sage Oak Charter

Double Peak

North Coastal Consortium Schools

Pathways Academy Charter Adult Education

Pivot Charter School - San Diego

Taylion San Diego Academy

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