Total enrollment
27,782
-2,633 (-9%) vs SY 2017-18
39 schools in Escondido
California · Public K-12
Across the city, Escondido hosts 39 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 27,782 California students (about 712 per campus).
7-year change in Escondido
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
39
+2 (+5%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
22%
was 24%
% Hispanic
66%
was 66%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
5%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
Residents
149,668
all ages · ACS 5-yr
Students
27,782
public K-12 · NCES
Schools
39
public K-12
About Escondido
Across Escondido, California, 39 public schools hosts about 27,782 students between them.
For a sense of the school types, the city is built around 22 elementary, 6 middle, 9 high, and 2 other.
Average school size in Escondido is around 712 students, 23% meaningfully above the California average of about 578.
Looking at the last 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 9%: 30,415 students in SY 2017-18 versus 27,782 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Escondido added 2 schools, going from 37 to 39.
On allk12, the community for Escondido discusses school events, board meetings, and seasonal calendars. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.