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San Diego Unified School District

Contact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.

About this district

San Diego Unified School District is a public school district in California. They serve 124,829 students across 234 schools, and its teachers have had 14,376 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

  • 234
    Schools
  • 124,829
    Students
  • 5,404
    Teachers

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San Diego Unified School District Demographics

64%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
67%
of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

San Diego Unified School District Funding Data from the NCES School District Finance Survey

San Diego Unified School District had a total revenue of $1.9 billion in the 2016-17 school year. 59.0% came from local sources, 32.8% from state sources, and 8.2% from federal sources.

San Diego Unified School District had a per-pupil revenue of $15,327 per pupil in the 2016-17 school year. 59.0% came from local sources, 32.8% from state sources, and 8.2% from federal sources.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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San Diego Unified School District Support on DonorsChoose Last updated Nov 21, 2024

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San Diego Unified School District

$7.6 million
raised using DonorsChoose
14,376
projects funded
3,495
teachers funded
31,613
donors
1,042
projects for basic supplies
1,751
projects for technology
2,650
projects for books
846
projects for art supplies

San Diego Unified School District has received support from 22,473 individuals from California and 9,140 individuals out-of-state.

San Diego Unified School District Schools

Adams Elementary School Alba High School Albert Einstein Academy Charter Middle School Albert Einstein Academy Charter Elementary School Alcott Elementary School Alice Birney Elementary School America's Finest Charter High School America's Finest Charter School Angier Elementary School Audeo Charter School I Audubon K-8 School Baker Elementary School Balboa Elementary School Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary School Bay Park Elementary School Bell Middle School Benchley - Weinberger Elementary School Bethune K-8 School Bird Rock Elementary School Boone Elementary School Burbank Elementary School Cabrillo Elementary School Cadman Elementary School Carson Elementary School Carver Elementary School Central Elementary School Challenger Middle School Charter School of San Diego Chavez Elementary School Cherokee Point Elementary School Chesterton Elementary School Chollas - Mead Elementary School City Heights Preparatory Charter School Clairemont High School Clark Middle School Clay Elementary School School Entrepreneurship & Technical Correia Middle School Creative Performing & Media Arts Magnet Middle School Crawford High School Crown Point Junior Music Academy Cubberley Elementary School Curie Elementary School Dailard Elementary School Dana Middle School Darnall Charter School Dewey Elementary School Dingeman Elementary School Doyle Elementary School E3 Civic High School Edison Elementary School Elevate Elementary School Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School Emerson Elementary School Empower Charter School Empower Language Academy Encanto Elementary School Ericson Elementary School Euclid Elementary School High Tech Elementary Explorer Farb Middle School Fay Elementary School Field Elementary School Fletcher Elementary School Florence Elementary School Joyner Elementary School Foster Elementary School Franklin Elementary School Freese Elementary School Fulton K-8 School Gage Elementary School Garfield Elementary School Garfield High School Gaspar De Portola Middle School Golden Hill K-8 School Gompers Preparatory Academy Grant K-8 School Grant TK-8 Green Elementary School Hage Elementary School Hamilton Elementary School Hancock Elementary School Hardy Elementary School Harriet Tubman Village Charter School Hawthorne Elementary School Health Sciences High School & Middle College Hearst Elementary School Patrick Henry High School Herbert Ibarra Elementary School Hickman Elementary School High Technical Elementary School High Technical High International High Tech High Media Arts School - Treehouse Annex High Technical High Media Arts Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Technical High School High Technical Middle Media Arts High Technical Middle School Holly Drive Leadership Academy Holmes Elementary School Home/Hospital & Transition Supports San Diego USD Hoover High School Horace Mann Middle School Horton Elementary School Urban Discovery Academy Secondary Ihigh Virtual Academy Ingenuity Charter School Innovation High School San Diego - Moreno Innovation Middle School Innovations Academy Charter School Jefferson Elementary School Jerabek Elementary School John Muir Language Academy Johnson Elementary School Jonas Salk Elementary School Jones Elementary School Juarez Elementary School Kavod Elementary Charter School Kearny High School - Digtl Media & Design Kearny High School - Foster Engineering Innovation & Design Kearny High School - College Connections Kearny High School - Biomedical Science and Technology Keiller Leadership Academy Kimbrough Elementary School King - Chavez Academy of Excellence King - Chavez Arts Academy King - Chavez Athletics Academy King-Chavez Community High School - Upper School King - Chavez Community High School King - Chavez Preparatory Academy King - Chavez Primary Academy KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy Knox Middle School Kumeyaay Elementary School La Jolla Elementary School La Jolla Senior High School Lafayette Elementary School Language Academy Magnet School Laura Rodriguez Elementary School Pacific View Leadership Elementary School Lewis Middle School Lincoln High School Linda Vista Elem Steam Magnet Clairemont Canyon Academy Logan Memorial Educational Campus Loma Portal Elementary School Longfellow Spanish Immersion School Madison High School Mann Middle School Marcy High School Mark Twain High School - Mira Mesa Mark Twain High School Marshall Elementary School Marshall Middle School Marston Middle School Marvin Elementary School Mason Elementary School McGill School of Success McKinley Elementary School Millennial Technical Middle School Miller Elementary School Mira Mesa High School Miramar Ranch Elementary School Mission Bay High School Magnolia Science Academy - San Diego Montgomery Middle School Morse High School Mountain View School Mount Everest Academy Muirlands Middle School Museum School New Dawn High School Nipaquay Elementary School Normal Heights Elementary School Nye Elementary School O'Farrell Charter School Oak Park Elementary School Ocean Beach Elementary School Old Town Academy Charter School Pacific Beach Elementary School Pacific Beach Middle School Paradise Hills Elementary School Penn Elementary School Perkins Elementary School Perry Elementary School Pershing Middle School Point Loma High School Preuss School Riley Alternative School Rolando Park Elementary School Roosevelt Middle School Rosa Parks Elementary School Ross Elementary School Rowan Elementary School San Diego Adult School - City Heights HSDP Site San Diego Adult School - Mira Mesa Site San Diego Cooperative Charter School East Village Middle College High School San Diego Global Vision Academy San Diego High School San Diego High School San Diego Met High School San Diego Metro Regional Technical Sandburg Elementary School School of Creative & Perf Arts Scripps Ranch High School SDUSD Low Incidence Office Sequoia Elementary School Canyon Hills High School Kate Sessions Elementary School Sherman Elementary School Silver Gate Elementary School Spreckels Elementary School Standley Middle School Sunset View Elementary School Taft Middle School Tierrasanta Elementary School Toler Elementary School Torrey Pines Elementary School Trace School University City High School Urban Discovery Academy Valencia Park Elementary School Vista Grande Elementary School Walker Elementary School Walter J Porter Elementary School - North Walter J Porter Elementary School - South Wangenheim Middle School Washington Elementary School Webster Elementary School Wegeforth Elementary School Whitman Elementary School Whittier School Wilson Middle School Zamorano Elementary School Fine Arts Academy
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