My children are in the Encinitas School district and will attend the San Dieguito School District for middle and high school which are also very good. The upper level schools drop off a little as students get mixed in from some of the lower socio-economic schools in the area but are still very good. Its all up to the parents in my eyes to stay involved. I find the area I live in to be very family oriented and not nearly as pretentious as where I grew up.