Saint John School

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Saint John School on Encinitas Boulevard is a WASC- and WCEA-accredited Catholic school in the Diocese of San Diego, serving preschool through eighth grade since 1957. The 474-student campus fields seven varsity sports programs that train and compete at area facilities including Ecke Sports Park, building athletic development alongside the school's standards-based academic curriculum. Originally opened on 2nd Street in Leucadia with Benedictine Sisters from Oklahoma as founding faculty, the school relocated to its current Encinitas Boulevard campus approximately 25 years ago and now operates two classes per grade level from kindergarten through eighth. Twenty-two full-time and two part-time teachers maintain a 20-to-1 student-teacher ratio that supports individualized instruction across core academics, religion, and elective programming. Health-screening coordination connects school families to area pediatric providers such as Children's Primary Care Medical Group, integrating preventive wellness into the school's pastoral-care framework. The parish school's dual WASC and WCEA accreditation cycle requires documented compliance with both regional academic standards and Catholic educational benchmarks across faith formation, instructional quality, and institutional governance.