San Diego Unified School District

San Diego Unified School District
San Diego Unified School District
Address
	4100 Normal Street San Diego, California, 92103; United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	Preschool - 12
Established	July 1, 1854; 171 years ago
Superintendent	Fabiola Bagula (acting)
Schools	176
Budget	$2,309,589,000 (2019–2020)
NCES District ID	0634320
Students and staff
Students	95,233 (2021–2022)
Teachers	4,289.35 (FTE) (2021–2022)
Staff	5783.98 (FTE) (2021–2022)
Student–teacher ratio	22.20:1 (2021–2022)
Other information
Website	sandiegounified.org

San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is a public school district based in San Diego, California. Founded in 1854, it is the second largest school district in California. The district includes 121 elementary schools, 24 middle schools, 21 high schools, and 2 atypical schools.^[2]

District

San Diego Unified School District is the second largest school district in California and the largest in San Diego County. The district covers most of San Diego with the exception of San Ysidro, which is served by San Ysidro Elementary School District and Sweetwater Union High School District.

Schools

High Schools

Middle Schools

Bell Middle School
Challenger Middle School
Clark Middle School
Correia Middle School
Creative, Performing, and Media Arts Magnet Middle
Dana Middle School
Deportola Middle School
Farb Middle School
Innovation Middle School
Knox Middle School
Lewis Middle School
Mann Middle School
Marston Middle School
Millennial Tech Middle School
Montgomery Middle School
Muirlands Middle School
Pacific Beach Middle School
Pershing Middle School
Roosevelt International Middle School
Standley Middle School
Taft Middle School
Thurgood Marshall Middle School
Wangeheim Middle School
Wilson Middle School

K-8

Audubon K-8
Bethune K-8
Fulton K-8
Golden Hill K-8
Grant K-8
John Muir Language Academy K-8
Language academy
Logan Memorial Educational Campus
Longfellow K-8
Mountain View School K-8
Perkins K-8

Elementary

Adams Elementary
Alcott Elementary
Angier Elementary
Baker Elementary
Balboa Elementary
Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary
Bay Park Elementary
Benchley Weinberger Elementary
Bird Rock Elementary
Birney Elementary
Boone Elementary
Burbank Elementary
Cabrillo Elementary
Cadman Elementary
Carson Elementary STEAM Magnet
Carver Elementary
Central Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary
Cherokee Point Elementary
Chesterton Elementary
Chollas Mead Elementary
Clairemont Canyons Academy
Crown Point Junior Music Academy
Cubberley Elementary
Curie Elementary
Dailard Elementary
Dewey Elementary
Dingeman Elementary
Doyle Elementary
Dr. Bertha Pendleton Elementary
Edison Elementary School
Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary
Emerson Elementary School
Encanto Elementary
Erickson Elementary
Euclid Elementary
Fay Elementary
Field Elementary Dual Immersion School
Fletcher Elementary
Florence Elementary
Foster Elementary
Franklin Elementary STEAM Magnet
Freese Arts and Culture Museum School
Gage Elementary
Garfield Elementary
Green Elementary
Hage Elementary
Hamilton Elementary
Hancock Elementary
Hardy Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary
Hearst Elementary
Hickman Elementary
Holmes Elementary
Horton Elementary
Ibarra Elementary
Jefferson Elementary
Jerabek Elementary
Johnson Elementary
Jonas Salk Elementary
Jones Elementary
Joyner Elementary
Juarez Elementary
Kimbrough Elementary
Kumeyaay Elementary
La Jolla Elementary
Lafayette Elementary
Linda Vista Elementary
Loma Portal Elementary
Marshall Elementary
Marvin Elementary
Mason Elementary
McKinley Elementary
Miller Elementary
Miramar Ranch Elementary
Nipaquay Elementary
Normal Heights Elementary
Nye Elementary
Oak Park Elementary
Ocean Beach Elementary
Pacific Beach Elementary
Pacific Leadership Academy
Paradise Hills Elementary
Penn Elementary
Perry Elementary
Porter Elementary
Rodriguez Elementary
Rolando Park Elementary
Rosa Parks Elementary
Ross Elementary
Rowan Elementary
Sandburg Elementary
Sequoia Elementary
Sessions Elementary
Sherman Elementary
Silver Gate Elementary
Spreckels Elementary
Sunset View Elementary
Tierrasanta Elementary
Toler Elementary
Torrey Pines Elementary
Valencia Park Elementary
Vista Grande Elementary
Walker Elementary
Washington Elementary
Webster Elementary
Wegeforth Elementary
Whitman Elementary
Zamorano Elementary

Alternative Education

Alba Community Day School
Marcy High School
Mark Twain High School
Mt Everest Academy
New Dawn High School
Riley Alternative School
School of Creative and Performing Arts
TRACE Alternative School Whittier K-12

School board

The district is governed by a seven-member elected board of education; five adults and two preferential-voting Student Board Members.^[3] Adult board members are elected by district for four-year terms. Student Board Members are elected annually by high school students.

The board meets at the Eugene Brucker Education Center located on the former site of the historic San Diego State Normal School.^[4]^[5]

Superintendent

The superintendent is appointed by the school board. From 2010 through 2013 the superintendent was Bill Kowba, a retired Navy rear admiral. On February 26, 2013, Kowba announced his retirement, effective June 30.^[6] The next day, February 27, the school board unanimously appointed elementary school principal Cindy Marten as the new superintendent.^[7] The quick appointment, without a search process or community input, was described as "highly unusual - virtually unheard of" by The San Diego Union Tribune.^[8] On May 18, 2021, Marten left her job as superintendent to become the United States deputy secretary of education, with Lamont Jackson replacing her as the interim superintendent. Jackson was terminated in August 2024 after an internal investigation found that he had committed sexual misconduct and retaliation against two former district management employees. Deputy Superintendent Fabiola Bagula took over as acting superintendent.^[9]

Partnership with Ocean Discovery Institute

In 2017, the district partnered with the Ocean Discovery Institute, a nonprofit that works to teach kids about science and conservation, to bring a $15 million tuition-free learning and research center to the City Heights neighborhood. The building will be a permanent campus for the nonprofit and will include two laboratories, a garden, a community kitchen and a residence for a live-in staff member. The Living Lab allows the nonprofit to reach all 10,000 students that attend and feed into Hoover High School.^[10]

Farm to School Program

In 2010, the district launched a farm to school program in an effort to bring locally grown produce to schools.^[11] The program seeks to provide students access to as much local, regional, and California grown produce as possible.^[12] In addition to produce grown at farms, the district has a Garden to Café program which allows schools to be certified by the San Diego Department of Environmental Health allowing the school to grow and serve their own produce.^[13]

Transportation

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for San Diego Unified". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
^ "About". sandiegounified.org. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
^ "Board of Education". San Diego Unified School District. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
^ "Normal School Site". University Heights Historical Society. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
^ "Eugene Brucker Education Center". sandiegounified.org. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
^ "San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Bill Kowba to retire". ABC 10 News. February 27, 2013. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
^ "SDUSD Names New Superintendent". 7 San Diego. February 28, 2013. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
^ Magee, Maureen (February 27, 2013). "Board picks principal as Unified's new leader". San Diego Union Tribune. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
^ Taketa, Kristin (August 30, 2024). "San Diego Unified superintendent terminated after investigation found sexual misconduct". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
^ Mento, Tarryn. "Nonprofit, School Board Invest $15 Million In Scientific Future Of City Heights Students". KPBS Public Media. Archived from the original on May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
^ Marshall, Courtney; Feenstra, Gail; Zajfen, Vanessa (August 2012). "Increasing Access to Fresh, Local Produce: Building Values-Based Supply Chains in San Diego Unified School District". Childhood Obesity. 8 (4): 388–391. doi:10.1089/chi.2012.0032.
^ "Farm to School". San Diego Unified School District. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
^ "Garden to Café". San Diego Unified School District. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2017.

External links

[nces_dist-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for San Diego Unified". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.

[2] "About". sandiegounified.org. Retrieved June 23, 2024.

[3] "Board of Education". San Diego Unified School District. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.

[4] "Normal School Site". University Heights Historical Society. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2025.

[5] "Eugene Brucker Education Center". sandiegounified.org. Retrieved February 14, 2025.

[6] "San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Bill Kowba to retire". ABC 10 News. February 27, 2013. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.

[7] "SDUSD Names New Superintendent". 7 San Diego. February 28, 2013. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.

[8] Magee, Maureen (February 27, 2013). "Board picks principal as Unified's new leader". San Diego Union Tribune. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2013.

[9] Taketa, Kristin (August 30, 2024). "San Diego Unified superintendent terminated after investigation found sexual misconduct". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved September 2, 2024.

[10] Mento, Tarryn. "Nonprofit, School Board Invest $15 Million In Scientific Future Of City Heights Students". KPBS Public Media. Archived from the original on May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.

[11] Marshall, Courtney; Feenstra, Gail; Zajfen, Vanessa (August 2012). "Increasing Access to Fresh, Local Produce: Building Values-Based Supply Chains in San Diego Unified School District". Childhood Obesity. 8 (4): 388–391. doi:10.1089/chi.2012.0032.

[12] "Farm to School". San Diego Unified School District. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.

[13] "Garden to Café". San Diego Unified School District. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2017.

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