Del Mar Union School District

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Del Mar Union School District
Address
11232 El Camino Real
San Diego
, California , 92130
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–6 [1]
Established1906
SuperintendentMarisa Janicek
NCES District ID 0610740 [1]
Students and staff
Students3,853 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers202.22 (FTE) [1]
Staff229.65 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio19.05:1 [1]
Other information
Website www.dmusd.org

Del Mar Union School District (DMUSD) is a public school district based in Del Mar in San Diego County, California. The district was founded in 1906. [2] In the 1970s, the district was small, with only two schools- Del Mar Hills (1974) and Del Mar Heights (1965), both west of the 5 Freeway. However, in the 1990s, the district's boundaries were expanded to include the newly developed Carmel Valley subdivision and Torrey Hills area in the City of San Diego. Carmel Del Mar School opened in 1992, followed by seven more new schools, all east of the 5 freeway. Today, approximately 3,600 children attend the district's nine schools. Enrollment has been declining for years.

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As of 2025, the Superintendent is Marisa Janicek. Holly McClurg was previously Superintendent for 16 years. The two previous Superintendents Sharon McClain and Tom Bishop were fired in 2010 and 2008, and both of their contracts were bought out for many hundreds of thousands of dollars outraging community taxpayers. McClain also filed suit for "unlawful termination" and was awarded over $400,000 in damages, further outraging parents in the district that did not want McClain fired and another very costly lawsuit and payout.

The fiscally irresponsible district also was involved in a years-long lawsuit over the design of the re-build of a new Del Mar Heights campus that went on for several years, costing taxpayers millions of dollars in legal fees, re-design costs, and huge increases in materials and labor during that four-year period. The new school finally opened in 2024. Furthermore, many were calling for nearby Del Mar Hills School (only 0.7 miles away) to just close due to low enrollment of less than 260 students. Instead, many more millions of dollars were put into remodeling the school in 2024-2025.

Academics

The district is well regarded for its high standardized test scores. In 2006, the district scored 939 on the Academic Performance Index, higher than any other district in San Diego County. This top-ranking was repeated in 2007. Individually, Sage Canyon School posted the highest Base APIs scores in the County from 2004 to 2008.

Schools

The district consists of nine K-6 schools:

Together with the schools in the Solana Beach School District, the Del Mar Union elementary schools generally feed into Carmel Valley Middle School, Pacific Trails Middle School, or Earl Warren Middle School and onto either Torrey Pines High School or Canyon Crest Academy, all part of the San Dieguito Union High School District.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Del Mar Union Elementary". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ ""History of Schools"". Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2014.


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