Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad serves grades K–5 within the Carlsbad Unified School District from its campus on Kelly Drive in the 92008 ZIP code. The school's Advanced Learner Education track and Gifted & Talented designation feed into the same district literacy network supported by the Carlsbad City Library on Dove Lane. Enrollment for the 2023–24 academic year stood at 441 students with a 23-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and the campus falls within the attendance boundary for Carlsbad High School and Valley Middle School. Families relocating to the Kelly Drive corridor often begin the CUSD pipeline at feeder preschools such as Carlsbad Country Day School, which shares the district's emphasis on early developmental benchmarks. The campus includes ADA-compliant parking and entrance infrastructure, and the Youth Enrichment Services after-school program extends supervised learning beyond the standard instructional day.