JCS - Mountain Oaks

At 539 Encinitas Blvd. in Encinitas, California, JCS - Mountain Oaks operates as a small elementary school. Its enrollment is 255 students, spread over kindergarten through 8. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.

JCS - Mountain Oaks is run by JCS - Mountain Oaks District.

More than half of the students at JCS - Mountain Oaks are White (65%). Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 9% Asian. In San Diego County overall, about 48% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, JCS - Mountain Oaks scores 54%.

Based on 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, JCS - Mountain Oaks has a ratio of 16.3:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 26%. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County, the school's rate is lower.

In San Diego County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting JCS - Mountain Oaks, San Diego County has 766 public schools.

JCS - Mountain Oaks is about 0.1 miles from Sunset High (Continuation), its nearest public school. JCS - Mountain Oaks has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The NCES locale for JCS - Mountain Oaks is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.

Enrollment decreased by 9% across 4 years, from 281 in 2020-21 to 255 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 21.6 to 16.3 over 4 years.

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