Established in 1996, La Costa Canyon serves the San Diego County communities of Encinitas, south Carlsbad, Leucadia, Olivenhain, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, and Rancho Santa Fe.

LCC students can participate in more than 45 extra-curricular student clubs, a nationally-recognized Speech and Debate program, the LCC Theatre Company, and the Peer Assisted Listeners program, Yearbook, and school broadcast network MavNation.

[4] Leo Fletes, Nathan Reinking, and Brenda Robinette serve as assistant principals.

The Career and Technical Education department offers business management, software systems and development, food service and hospitality, education, graphic design, professional theater, and video film production courses.

[7] In July 2023, the district announced that all 13 candidates received IB diplomas, the first cohort to have a 100% passing rate.

AP and IB Higher Level courses are weighted on a 4.0 GPA scale.

LCC has many teams ranked highly on both a national and statewide level and has produced numerous league, CIF, and Open Division titles, and professional sports players.