JCS - Cedar Cove

JCS - Cedar Cove is a micro-enrollment all-grades campus in Encinitas, California, run under JCS - Cedar Cove District. The school enrolls 131 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so JCS - Cedar Cove sits 78% below that benchmark.

JCS - Cedar Cove District is the operating authority for JCS - Cedar Cove, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, JCS - Cedar Cove lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 5% Asian, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, JCS - Cedar Cove logs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Diego County) shows that median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JCS - Cedar Cove is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oak Crest Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JCS - Cedar Cove.

JCS - Cedar Cove operates from an inner-city location. JCS - Cedar Cove operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.