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San Marcos Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
San Marcos Unified runs 19 public schools with 18,860 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 23.5 students per teacher is 1.6 higher than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 18,860
- Teachers (FTE)
- 803
- Students per teacher
- 23.5
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 255 Pico Ave. Ste. 250, San Marcos, CA 92069
- Phone
- (760)752-1299
- County
- San Diego County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0634880
- State district ID
- CA-3773791
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,616
- School counselors (FTE)
- 35.0About 539 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 46.0
Students per teacher compared
This district23.5
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (19,767), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $353.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $32.7 million
- State revenue
- $200.8 million
- Local revenue
- $119.4 million
- Total spending
- $289.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,637
- Salaries
- $148.6 million51.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $424.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.3%
- State: 56.9%
- Local: 33.8%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,637
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in San Marcos Unified
By level: 4 high, 3 middle, 12 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Carrillo Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 725 | 25.0 |
| Discovery Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 717 | 26.6 |
| Double Peak | Elementary | K to 8 | 1,171 | 23.4 |
| Foothills High | High | 9 to 12 | 101 | 20.2 |
| Joli Ann Leichtag ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 579 | 22.3 |
| Knob Hill Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 725 | 24.2 |
| La Costa Meadows Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 725 | 24.2 |
| La Mirada AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 868 | 23.5 |
| Mission Hills High | High | 9 to 12 | 2,751 | 24.8 |
| Paloma Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 758 | 23.0 |
| Richland Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 883 | 23.9 |
| San Elijo Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 834 | 22.5 |
| San Elijo Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,395 | 23.2 |
| San Marcos ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 546 | 22.8 |
| San Marcos High | High | 9 to 12 | 3,067 | 25.3 |
| San Marcos MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 968 | 24.2 |
| Twin Oaks Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 648 | 20.9 |
| Twin Oaks HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 192 | 10.1 |
| Woodland Park Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,184 | 23.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in San Diego County
- San Diego Unified 95,175 students
- Poway Unified 34,405 students
- Sweetwater Union High 34,282 students
- Chula Vista Elementary School District 22,245 students
- Vista Unified 18,112 students
- Grossmont Union High 16,476 students
- Cajon Valley Union 15,992 students
- Oceanside Unified 14,890 students
- Escondido Union 13,922 students
- San Dieguito Union High 12,055 students
- Carlsbad Unified 10,708 students
- La Mesa-Spring Valley School District 10,460 students
- Pacific Coast Academy District 6,760 students
- Escondido Union High 6,334 students
- Santee School District 6,076 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.