Encinitas Union Elementary runs schools through 6th grade. Its 9 public elementary schools run from the 69th to the 96th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Middle and high school are run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.
K6Elementary
712Middle and high
Encinitas Union Elementary · grades K–6
Another district · grades 7–12
Elementary · 9 schools
from 69th to 96th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
The average elementary school in the Encinitas Union Elementary district had 7 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.
The district
Where does Encinitas Union Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Encinitas Union Elementary district spent $19,974 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Encinitas Union Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction.
Spending by function
Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.
Share by function, 2024–25
Instruction66%
Instruction support10%
Student services7%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance11%
Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.
What the district plans
$36.7 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 28 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 41% of its $90.5 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.
The plan in short
Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 85 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 85% of the money. The plan itself puts 95% of it toward staff.
Standards-based instruction $27.3 million
Enrichment Opportunities $2.9 million
Social Emotional Learning $1.1 million
25 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
5 of the plan’s 28 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
Catch-up help $1.3 million
English learners $0.6 million
Largest of these
Intervention supports$604,209
Emerging Bilingual Student Support$560,542
District Intervention Support (MTSS) - LREBG$502,147
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students
It plans $2.0 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.8 million and estimates it spent $1.9 million, $0.1 million (5%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$1.9 million spent (estimated)$1.8 million planned
What changed
The total is $1.1 million (3%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Technology Plan, which went from $900,000 to $182,286.
Largest cuts
Technology Plan−$717,714
Standards-based instruction−$162,171
Learning environment for students with special needs−$100,000
Largest increases
Enrichment Opportunities+$347,521
Social Emotional Learning+$268,374
Emerging Bilingual Student Support+$200,542
New in the 2026–27 plan
District Intervention Support (MTSS) - LREBG$502,147
Intervention and language development supplemental support {New goal added for 26-27}$183,000
Ask: What did Technology Plan pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $717,714 less?
What its goals measure
Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.
What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
72%
72%
no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 4
67%
67%
no change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 3
9 in 100
8 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 3
0.3%
0.6%
up 0.3 pts
Goals 2 and 5 aren’t shown because they track other measures.
Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.
The plan’s own titles and amounts
Standards-based instruction · $27,310,391
Enrichment Opportunities · $2,850,346
Social Emotional Learning · $1,125,564
The full plan5 goals, 25 measures and where the money goes
We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($36.7 million).
Where does the money go?
80% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1Demonstrate high levels of learning in English Language Arts, Math, Science, and History/ Social Science$29.5 million80% of action budgets
9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $30.0 million (−$564,641) · p. 9 ↗
Largest funded actions
Standards-based instruction$27.3 millionaction 1.1 · p. 43 ↗
Intervention supports$0.6 millionaction 1.7 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Emerging Bilingual Student Support$0.6 millionaction 1.8 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $135,654 is state funding counted toward those services
District Intervention Support (MTSS) - LREBG$0.5 millionaction 1.6 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $372,720 is state funding counted toward those services
Academic and instructional support for teachers$0.2 millionaction 1.2 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
4 more funded actions in this goal
Intervention and language development supplemental support {New goal added for 26-27} · action 1.10 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Curriculum Committee · action 1.9 · p. 44 ↗$0.1 million
ELPAC Testers · action 1.5 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Redefine Student Assessment Practices · action 1.3 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Emerging Bilingual Student Support+$200,542$360,000 → $560,542 · p. 43 ↗
Standards-based instruction−$0.2 million$27.5 million → $27.3 million · p. 43 ↗
Curriculum Committee+$39,820$25,000 → $64,820 · p. 44 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Intervention supports · $583,404 → $604,209 · p. 43 ↗+$20,805
District Intervention Support (MTSS) - LREBG · $502,147 · p. 43 ↗new or renamed
Academic and instructional support for teachers · $185,132 → $191,120 · p. 43 ↗+$5,988
Intervention and language development supplemental support {New goal added for 26-27} · $183,000 · p. 44 ↗new or renamed
ELPAC Testers · $30,000 → $40,000 · p. 43 ↗+$10,000
Williams Report: All EUSD students will have access to standards- aligned instructional materials as measured by annual audit of materialsp. 10 ↗
Baseline
100% of students have access to standards- aligned instructional materials.
Target for year 3
100% of students have access to standards-aligned instructional materials.
6 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 2Foster parent, staff and community engagement by involving all educational partners in the District…$474,0361% of action budgets
“Foster parent, staff and community engagement by involving all educational partners in the District activities and keeping them informed through various communication forms in order to enhance learning” p. 16 ↗
Community Liaisons$282,029action 2.2 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $188,692 is state funding counted toward those services
Public Information Officer$172,007action 2.4 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
District Communications$20,000action 2.1 · p. 44 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Public Information Officer+$6,571$165,436 → $172,007 · p. 44 ↗
Community Liaisons−$3,667$285,696 → $282,029 · p. 44 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
District Communications · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 44 ↗unchanged
How the plan measures it · 4 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 16 ↗.
Goal 3Improve and maintain safe, green and innovative learning environments and promote health and wellness$5.6 million15% of action budgets
6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.1 million (+$502,328) · p. 21 ↗
Largest funded actions
Enrichment Opportunities$2.9 millionaction 3.7 · p. 45 ↗
Social Emotional Learning$1.1 millionaction 3.6 · p. 44 ↗
Farm Lab DREAMS Campus$0.8 millionaction 3.5 · p. 44 ↗
Learning environment for students with special needs$0.6 millionaction 3.3 · p. 44 ↗
Green and innovative learning environments$0.2 millionaction 3.4 · p. 44 ↗
1 more funded action in this goal
Safety audits and improvements · action 3.2 · p. 44 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Enrichment Opportunities+$0.3 million$2.5 million → $2.9 million · p. 45 ↗
Social Emotional Learning+$0.3 million$0.9 million → $1.1 million · p. 44 ↗
Learning environment for students with special needs−$100,000$700,000 → $600,000 · p. 44 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Green and innovative learning environments · $200,000 → $200,000 · p. 44 ↗unchanged
Safety audits and improvements · $20,000 → $25,000 · p. 44 ↗+$5,000
How the plan measures it · 7 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 21 ↗.
Goal 4 · Maintenance of Progress GoalTrain and retain highly qualified staff to facilitate the personal and academic success of each student$398,6581% of action budgets
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 27 ↗.
Goal 5Ensure exemplary programs, a wide variety of high quality learning resources, and engaging opportunities to…$731,2862% of action budgets
“Ensure exemplary programs, a wide variety of high quality learning resources, and engaging opportunities to provide personalized learning for the unique needs of diverse groups” p. 31 ↗
5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.6 million (−$861,491)
All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.
Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends
Student mix
2024–25 · October enrollment count, 4,298 students
1White63%
2Hispanic or Latino21%
3Two or more races9%
4Asian3%
5Not reported2%
6Filipino<1%
7Black or African American<1%
8American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
9Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.
Free or reduced-price meals
19%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 825 of 4,298 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.
The district’s state records
Is the state giving the district extra help?
Encinitas Union Elementary isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 49% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (131 of 266 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Which public schools in the Encinitas Union Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary, 96th percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California elementary schools we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
Does living in the Encinitas Union Elementary district decide which school my child attends?
Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in the Encinitas Union Elementary district good?
Encinitas Union Elementary’s 9 public elementary schools run from the 69th to the 96th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 7 Strong and 2 Solid. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.
How does chronic absence in the Encinitas Union Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Encinitas Union Elementary district had 7 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does the Encinitas Union Elementary district spend per student?
The Encinitas Union Elementary district spent $19,974 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Encinitas Union Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.
What is in the Encinitas Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $36.7 million into 28 funded actions in 5 goals, 41% of its $90.5 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $29.5 million, 80% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.
Sources and methodology
This page lists the public schools governed and funded by the Encinitas Union Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.