Welcome to PA Encinitas
At Pacific Academy Encinitas, individualized education is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to meeting each student at their current academic level and providing the personalized guidance, tools, and support they need to thrive academically, socially, and personally.
We work in close partnership with families to ensure strong alignment between students, teachers, and administration. This collaborative approach allows us to create a supportive learning environment where every student’s goals and needs are clearly understood and actively supported.
PAE recognizes that every student learns at a different pace and in their own unique way. With our low teacher-to-student ratios (1:10 for K–5 and 1:12 for grades 6–12), our educators are able to tailor instruction, respond quickly to learning gaps, and consistently meet students where they need the most support. Learn more about Pacific Academy’s Student Learning Objectives…
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A TRULY INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION
At Pacific Academy, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to pursue their talents while receiving a strong academic foundation. Our Talent Student Program is designed to support students with exceptional abilities in music, athletics, visual arts, performance, and other specialized fields, empowering them to achieve their dreams without sacrificing academic excellence.
This is individualized education in its truest form. We meet students where they are—academically, creatively, and personally—designing learning plans that align with their goals, passions, and schedules.
HAPPINESS MATTERS
It starts with the well-researched idea that children learn best when they are content, relaxed, and engaged – when they are actually interested in what they are doing.
So how do we, at Pacific Academy Encinitas make this happen? What does it mean to be happy? How do we help our children be happy, and thus learn well?
For starters, Pacific Academy Encinitas allows our primary grades K-6 children to “have a childhood” – allowing lots of time for play, curiosity, and allowing them to take measured risks and understand consequences. We allow children to have “down time," when they’re not interested in learning, and we maximize the “up time” while they’re keen, excited, and engaged. PAE teachers are amazingly good at capitalizing on children’s ever-changing interests and are always supportive of social engagement, both within age groups and whole school activities.
1:12 Teacher-Student
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Dynamic P.E.
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Rigorous Academic
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Diverse Student
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Project Based
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Talent Student
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100% College Acceptance
Accredited
Online Courses
ABOUT US
Established in 1997, Pacific Academy Encinitas is a private, non-denominational, co-ed, small by design, K-12 college preparatory school. We emphasize individualized instruction, cross-curricular applied learning, and small classrooms (on average, six students per classroom). Pacific Academy has a 100% college acceptance rate.
Pacific Academy is a school that exists because of the passion the teachers and administrators have to be a part of a school that lives up to what we imagined being a teacher would be like when we were in college. The Pacific Academy school motto is, “the opportunity to be me.” Reading this quickly, it may just sound like another slogan, but if you really look at the words and the deeper meaning inherent in those words, it speaks to a longing that every person has, a need to be seen and recognized for who they are, and not judged for what they are not. In this regard, Pacific Academy exists as a school that embodies the true root of the word “education," which comes from the latin word “educere” or “to bring out and lead forth”; To bring someone’s true nature and skills forth, and to give them confidence in living honestly and organically.
Encinitas Campus K - 12
679 Encinitas Boulevard, Encinitas, CA 92024
Tel: 760.634.1188
email: paeoffice@pacificacademy.org
Irvine Campus 7-12
4947 Alton Parkway, Irvine, CA 92604
Tel: 949.398.5288
e-mail: irvine@PacificAcademy.org
Costa Mesa Campus PreK - 8
2987 Mesa Verde Dr E.,
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Tel: 833.796.5688
email: costamesa@pacificacademy.org
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