Carlsbad Seaside Academy

Carlsbad Seaside Academy is one of the tiny combined-grade schools in Carlsbad, California, one of the schools within Carlsbad Unified, with 38 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. That puts it 94% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Carlsbad Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 10,678 students; Carlsbad Seaside Academy is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carlsbad Seaside Academy records that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Carlsbad Seaside Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at Carlsbad Seaside Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Across the wider county, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Carlsbad Seaside Academy is one.

Carlsbad Village Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carlsbad Seaside Academy.

Carlsbad Seaside Academy operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 46 students in 2018 compared to 38 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 85% to 71%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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