Sage Creek High

Sage Creek High is a high school of expansive scale in Carlsbad, California, overseen by Carlsbad Unified, hosting 1,289 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 54% larger than the state mean of about 838.

Carlsbad Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 10,678 students; Sage Creek High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sage Creek High lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Sage Creek High shows 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Sage Creek High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Diego County) shows that median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Sage Creek High is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Calavera Hills Middle, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sage Creek High at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 57.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 3%: 1,257 students in 2018 compared to 1,289 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 53% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 in 2025.

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