The Rhoades Preschool on Balour Drive near Encinitas Community Park enrolls children ages two-and-a-half through Pre-K as the early-childhood division of The Rhoades School system, operating in Encinitas since 1980. The curriculum integrates literacy, mathematics, art, and science into a play-based framework designed to build school-readiness skills that feed directly into the Rhoades elementary track on Rancho Santa Fe Road—outdoor gross-motor programming utilizes the adjacent Encinitas Community Park, a 5,400-monthly-search anchor for the Santa Fe Drive corridor. Transitional kindergarten bridges the preschool and elementary programs, giving students an additional preparatory year before entering the gifted-focused K-through-5 curriculum. Water-safety awareness for the preschool age range runs in parallel through community swim-instruction providers like Main Street Swim School: Encinitas, which serves the same toddler-to-preschool demographic. Extended-day programming spans the full workday schedule, with structured afternoon enrichment blocks covering fine-motor activities, collaborative play, and early STEM exploration.