Similar to Scripps Ranch but near the beach? (Carlsbad, Encinitas: for sale, houses)

[applejack726]

Hello! We are looking to move from our current neighborhood (which is awesome but has low performing schools) to a family friendly neighborhood with "good" schools. We really like Scripps Ranch because it is a fairly cohesive community, contains everything you need (good schools, grocery stores, cute library, lake, swim and tennis club), and has good schools. We like that the same kids move together through elementary school, middle and high school -- they are real neighborhood schools where the students actually live in the neighborhood. (Rather that schools where everyone commutes in and out or where neighborhood kids are forced to try to get into a charter school or transfer to a different neighborhood's school due to "bad" schools in their own neighborhood.)

It would be a no-brainer for us to move to Scripps Ranch BUT we really want to live near the coast. Is there another neighborhood with similar characteristics to Scripps Ranch that is near the beach? My husband works in Sorrento Valley, so that's a factor. We considered Carmel Valley but it seems sort of crowded and the houses seemed really close together. Also, we are not ostentatious people so I'm not sure if the vibe there would be right for us. These are just my impressions of Carmel Valley, though. Any other neighborhoods that might fit?

[bigdaddy5]

Clairemont or University City?

[oddstray]

Clairemont has the community feel. But not the good schools.

University City may have good schools. But I'm not sure it has the community feel.

Possibly parts of Carlsbad or Encinitas?

[socketz]

Carlsbad, exit Aviara Parkway to the East.

You will pay more to live here than Scripps, but the community feel is similar. I think Aviara Oaks is the Elementary that services that community, so find it on a map and see what's listed for sale in the area.