Most La Jolla schools start the next academic year Monday, Aug 10, with others to follow in coming weeks. Keep an eye out for shifting traffic patterns.
Summer break is still going strong for some, but La Jolla schools are preparing for the 2026-2027 school year, with thousands of students back to school Monday, Aug 10.
Even if you don’t have students in your household, your traffic patterns will change as you head in and out of La Jolla. Watch for families walking to school and plan for extra time on the road in the mornings between 7:30 and 9 am and early afternoons.
The Village
San Diego Unified School District begins earlier than most this year, with La Jolla High School on Nautilus Street and La Jolla Elementary on Girard Avenue beginning Monday, Aug 10 (the three other SDUSD campuses are in other neighborhoods).
The Bishop’s School on La Jolla Boulevard will begin Monday, Aug 17. The Gillispie School, directly across from LJES on Girard, will begin Tuesday, Aug 18 and Stella Maris Academy on Herschel Avenue begins Wednesday, Aug 19.
Mount Soledad and Muirlands
Muirlands Middle School on Nautilus, part of SDUSD, also starts Aug 10, meaning increased vehicular traffic as well as students on e-bikes and more.
Traffic will multiply in following weeks near the intersections of Nautilus, La Jolla Scenic Drive South and Soledad Mountain Road, as All Hallows Academy and The Evans School, which both begin Aug 19 and San Diego French American School, which begins Tuesday, Sept 1, are all within one block of each other.
Bird Rock
Bird Rock Elementary School (SDUSD) on La Jolla Hermosa Avenue starts Aug 10; please be mindful of the many families walking or driving their students to school.
La Jolla Shores and UTC area
The Preuss School, hosted on the UC San Diego campus, began Aug 5 and Torrey Pines Elementary School (SDUSD) on Cliffridge Avenue starts Aug 10.
La Jolla Country Day School on Genesee Avenue begins Aug 19 and 20, further impacting traffic near UCSD and UTC, while The Children’s School on Torrey Pines Lane near Hidden Valley Road begins Wednesday, Sept 9.
And the fall quarter for UCSD begins Monday, Sept 21, which means undergraduates will be moving in on campus the weekend before.
