California School District Rankings

500 districts serving 5,132,938 students

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Largest District

Los Angeles Unified

419,929 students

Most Schools

Los Angeles Unified

785 schools

Total Districts

500

Total Students

5.1M

Largest Districts by Enrollment

The 50 largest school districts in California, ranked by total student enrollment.

#	District	City	Students
1	Los Angeles Unified	Los Angeles	419,929
2	San Diego Unified	San Diego	95,492
3	Fresno Unified	Fresno	68,568
4	Long Beach Unified	Long Beach	63,966
5	Elk Grove Unified	Elk Grove	62,603
6	Corona-Norco Unified	Norco	50,256
7	San Francisco Unified	San Francisco	48,736
8	San Bernardino City Unified	San Bernardino	44,712
9	Clovis Unified	Clovis	43,291
10	Kern High	Bakersfield	43,116
11	Capistrano Unified	San Juan Capistrano	40,836
12	Riverside Unified	Riverside	38,855
13	San Juan Unified	Carmichael	38,488
14	Sacramento City Unified	Sacramento	38,268
15	Santa Ana Unified	Santa Ana	38,031
16	Garden Grove Unified	Garden Grove	37,763
17	Irvine Unified	Irvine	37,731
18	Sweetwater Union High	Chula Vista	35,226
19	Poway Unified	San Diego	34,935
20	Stockton Unified	Stockton	34,544
21	Oakland Unified	Oakland	33,916
22	Fontana Unified	Fontana	33,205
23	Fremont Unified	Fremont	33,063
24	Moreno Valley Unified	Moreno Valley	31,344
25	Mt. Diablo Unified	Concord	29,356
26	San Ramon Valley Unified	Danville	29,235
27	Visalia Unified	Visalia	28,893
28	Bakersfield City	Bakersfield	28,761
29	Anaheim Union High	Anaheim	27,195
30	Lodi Unified	Lodi	27,172
31	Temecula Valley Unified	Temecula	26,491
32	Desert Sands Unified	La Quinta	25,898
33	West Contra Costa Unified	Richmond	25,575
34	Chino Valley Unified	Chino	25,513
35	San Jose Unified	San Jose	25,059
36	Glendale Unified	Glendale	25,049
37	Manteca Unified	Manteca	25,000
38	Twin Rivers Unified	North Highlands	24,386
39	Orange Unified	Orange	24,266
40	Rialto Unified	Rialto	23,461
41	Hesperia Unified	Hesperia	23,382
42	Saddleback Valley Unified	Mission Viejo	23,199
43	Hemet Unified	Hemet	22,736
44	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Placentia	22,705
45	Chaffey Joint Union High	Ontario	22,628
46	Downey Unified	Downey	22,421
47	Murrieta Valley Unified	Murrieta	22,317
48	Chula Vista Elementary	Chula Vista	22,285
49	Torrance Unified	Torrance	22,109
50	Antelope Valley Union High	Lancaster	21,737

Districts with Most Schools

California school districts ranked by number of schools in the district.

#	District	City	Schools
1	Los Angeles Unified	Los Angeles	785
2	San Diego Unified	San Diego	175
3	San Francisco Unified	San Francisco	113
4	Fresno Unified	Fresno	101
5	Long Beach Unified	Long Beach	82
6	Oakland Unified	Oakland	82
7	San Bernardino City Unified	San Bernardino	76
8	Sacramento City Unified	Sacramento	73
9	San Juan Unified	Carmichael	68
10	Elk Grove Unified	Elk Grove	67
11	Garden Grove Unified	Garden Grove	66
12	Capistrano Unified	San Juan Capistrano	59
13	Stockton Unified	Stockton	54
14	West Contra Costa Unified	Richmond	54
15	Corona-Norco Unified	Norco	53
16	Santa Ana Unified	Santa Ana	52
17	Mt. Diablo Unified	Concord	52
18	Clovis Unified	Clovis	50
19	Riverside Unified	Riverside	49
20	Lodi Unified	Lodi	49
21	Irvine Unified	Irvine	45
22	Bakersfield City	Bakersfield	45
23	Fontana Unified	Fontana	44
24	Fremont Unified	Fremont	44
25	Twin Rivers Unified	North Highlands	43
26	Chula Vista Elementary	Chula Vista	43
27	Visalia Unified	Visalia	41
28	San Jose Unified	San Jose	41
29	Orange Unified	Orange	41
30	Poway Unified	San Diego	39
31	Moreno Valley Unified	Moreno Valley	39
32	San Ramon Valley Unified	Danville	37
33	Pomona Unified	Pomona	37
34	Compton Unified	Compton	37
35	Folsom-Cordova Unified	Rancho Cordova	36
36	Desert Sands Unified	La Quinta	35
37	Hacienda la Puente Unified	City Of Industry	35
38	Chino Valley Unified	Chino	34
39	Glendale Unified	Glendale	34
40	Saddleback Valley Unified	Mission Viejo	34
41	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Placentia	34
42	Pajaro Valley Unified	Watsonville	34
43	Ontario-Montclair	Ontario	33
44	Torrance Unified	Torrance	32
45	Newport-Mesa Unified	Costa Mesa	32
46	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	Fairfield	31
47	ABC Unified	Cerritos	31
48	Temecula Valley Unified	Temecula	30
49	Manteca Unified	Manteca	30
50	Rialto Unified	Rialto	30

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