Sage Canyon

Sage Canyon, a mid-sized elementary-level community in San Diego, California, part of Del Mar Union Elementary, teaches 457 students, covering grades K through 6.

Sage Canyon is one of 9 schools operated by Del Mar Union Elementary, a district that works with 3,496 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Sage Canyon shows that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. Compared to San Diego County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sage Canyon tighter than the state norm the norm. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sage Canyon performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.0%, the actual is 88.4%, a residual of +11.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Sage Canyon is one campus in the mix.

Ocean Air is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sage Canyon. On composite proficiency, Sage Canyon comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 81.1%.

Sage Canyon operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Sage Canyon's enrollment has ticked down 37% since 2018, when it stood at 728 (now 457). Class-load math has tightened: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.