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Largest California public schools by enrollment

California public schools ranked by total enrollment. Brick-and-mortar only; virtual schools excluded.

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CALIFORNIA · LARGEST BY ENROLLMENT

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
701	Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,357
702	one.Charter	Stockton	one.Charter District	Combined	1,356
703	Guajome Park Academy Charter	Vista	Guajome Park Academy Charter District	Combined	1,355
704	Richard Henry Dana Middle	San Pedro	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,355
705	John Muir Middle	Burbank	Burbank Unified	Middle	1,353
706	Del Mar High	San Jose	Campbell Union High	High	1,350
707	Chaparral Middle	Diamond Bar	Walnut Valley Unified	Middle	1,349
708	Heritage K-8 Charter	Escondido	Heritage K-8 Charter District	Elementary	1,345
709	Gardena Senior High	Gardena	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,343
710	Campolindo High	Moraga	Acalanes Union High	High	1,340
711	Reseda Charter High	Reseda	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,339
712	Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle	Rancho Palos Verdes	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,337
713	Classical Academy High	Escondido	Classical Academy High District	High	1,336
714	Benicia High	Benicia	Benicia Unified	High	1,335
715	Cathedral City High	Cathedral City	Palm Springs Unified	High	1,334
716	San Rafael High	San Rafael	San Rafael City High	High	1,332
717	Hanford West High	Hanford	Hanford Joint Union High	High	1,331
718	Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle	Downey	Downey Unified	Middle	1,329
719	Valley View Middle	Simi Valley	Simi Valley Unified	Middle	1,329
720	Day Creek Intermediate	Etiwanda	Etiwanda Elementary	Middle	1,326
721	Gladstone Middle	Covina	Azusa Unified	Middle	1,326
722	Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter	Chula Vista	Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter District	Combined	1,321
723	Crawford High	San Diego	San Diego Unified	High	1,318
724	Cesar E. Chavez High	Delano	Delano Joint Union High	High	1,318
725	Toby Johnson Middle	Elk Grove	Elk Grove Unified	Middle	1,317
726	Laguna Hills High	Laguna Hills	Saddleback Valley Unified	High	1,317
727	Twelve Bridges High	Lincoln	Western Placer Unified	High	1,317
728	Panorama High	Panorama City	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,316
729	ACCESS County Community	Costa Mesa	Orange County Department of Education	Combined	1,315
730	Oxford Academy	Cypress	Anaheim Union High	High	1,315
731	Porter Ranch Community	Porter Ranch	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	1,312
732	Center High	Antelope	Center Joint Unified	High	1,312
733	Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle	Downey	Downey Unified	Middle	1,304
734	Pasadena High	Pasadena	Pasadena Unified	High	1,303
735	John Burroughs Middle	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,302
736	Palm Desert Charter Middle	Palm Desert	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	1,298
737	San Diego SCPA	San Diego	San Diego Unified	High	1,297
738	Turlock Junior High	Turlock	Turlock Unified	Middle	1,294
739	Pajaro Valley High	Watsonville	Pajaro Valley Unified	High	1,293
740	Oakmont High	Roseville	Roseville Joint Union High	High	1,290
741	Sage Creek High	Carlsbad	Carlsbad Unified	High	1,289
742	Barbara Chilton Middle	Roseville	Roseville City Elementary	Middle	1,289
743	Novato High	Novato	Novato Unified	High	1,287
744	Benjamin Franklin Senior High	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	High	1,284
745	Shivela Middle	Murrieta	Murrieta Valley Unified	Middle	1,282
746	Sierra Vista Middle	Irvine	Irvine Unified	Middle	1,282
747	Richmond High	Richmond	West Contra Costa Unified	High	1,280
748	Encinal Junior/Senior High	Alameda	Alameda Unified	High	1,280
749	Westmoor High	Daly City	Jefferson Union High	High	1,278
750	Greenfield High	Greenfield	South Monterey County Joint Union High	High	1,274

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