About Our Schools

Carlsbad Unified schools accommodate more than 11,000 students. As our district population increases, our Facilities Master Plan and Prop P Construction Program will continue to provide students with well maintained and up to date facilities. (For more information on district modernization projects, please see: http://www.carlsbadusd.k12.ca.us/propp.html)

CUSD provides a comprehensive curriculum, enabling all students to excel as they meet the challenges and opportunities of our changing world. All of our schools offer students the means to succeed by providing programs that maximize the abilities, talents, and interests, of every individual.

The Carlsbad Unified School District is comprised of 9 elementary schools that feed into three middle schools, one high school with a second one under construction, in the following sequence:

Elementary Schools
Early Childhood - Pre K
Elementary - grades K-5

Secondary Schools
Middle - grades 6-8
High - grades 9 & 12

Our Alternative Schools/Program serves grades K-12

School Loop Links by School - (How to Register for "School Loop")

• Aviara Oaks Elementary
• Aviara Oaks Middle
• Buena Vista Elementary
• Calavera Hills Elementary
• Calavera Hills Middle
• Carlsbad High
• Carlsbad Seaside Academy
• Carlsbad Village Academy
• Hope Elementary
• Jefferson Elementary
• Kelly Elementary
• Magnolia Elementary
• Pacific Rim Elementary
• Poinsettia Elementary
• Sage Creek High
• Valley Middle