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California schools with the lowest student-teacher ratios

California public schools with 200+ students reporting the fewest students per teacher. Excludes virtual schools.

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CALIFORNIA · LOWEST STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
251	Hillview Middle	Menlo Park	Menlo Park City Elementary	Middle	846	15.5:1
252	Weber Institute	Stockton	Stockton Unified	High	358	15.5:1
253	Laurel Elementary	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	262	15.5:1
254	California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley	Duarte	California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley District	High	974	15.5:1
255	George Washington Preparatory High	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	High	738	15.5:1
256	Berendo Middle	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	552	15.5:1
257	Golden Sierra Junior Senior High	Garden Valley	Black Oak Mine Unified	High	436	15.5:1
258	Cambria Grammar	Cambria	Coast Unified	Elementary	202	15.5:1
259	Helen Bernstein High	Hollywood	Los Angeles Unified	High	703	15.6:1
260	Harvard Elementary	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	249	15.6:1
261	KIPP King Collegiate High	San Lorenzo	KIPP King Collegiate High District	High	662	15.6:1
262	West Shores High	Salton City	Coachella Valley Unified	High	503	15.6:1
263	Animo City of Champions Charter High	Inglewood	Animo City of Champions Charter High District	High	299	15.6:1
264	Desert Learning Academy	Palm Springs	Palm Springs Unified	Combined	317	15.6:1
265	San Fernando Middle	San Fernando	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	442	15.6:1
266	Murchison Street Elementary	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	312	15.6:1
267	Tulelake High	Tulelake	Tulelake Basin Joint Unified	High	209	15.6:1
268	Animo Compton Charter	Los Angeles	Animo Compton Charter District	High	372	15.6:1
269	Miller Elementary	Escondido	Escondido Union	Elementary	378	15.6:1
270	Loreto Street Elementary	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	250	15.6:1
271	Mill Valley Middle	Mill Valley	Mill Valley Elementary	Middle	721	15.7:1
272	Independence High	San Francisco	San Francisco Unified	High	235	15.7:1
273	Alila	Earlimart	Earlimart Elementary	Elementary	423	15.7:1
274	Taft Elementary	Santa Ana	Santa Ana Unified	Elementary	408	15.7:1
275	Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	441	15.7:1
276	ARISE High	Oakland	ARISE High District	High	396	15.7:1
277	Calipatria High	Calipatria	Calipatria Unified	High	345	15.7:1
278	President Avenue Elementary	Harbor City	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	362	15.7:1
279	Thomas Jefferson Senior High	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	High	564	15.7:1
280	Parkway Heights Middle	South San Francisco	South San Francisco Unified	Middle	573	15.7:1
281	Ocala Middle	San Jose	Alum Rock Union Elementary	Middle	377	15.8:1
282	Renaissance at Mathson	San Jose	Alum Rock Union Elementary	Middle	326	15.8:1
283	Abraham Lincoln Senior High	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	High	913	15.8:1
284	Hamilton High	Hamilton City	Hamilton Unified	High	306	15.8:1
285	Crown Preparatory Academy	Los Angeles	Crown Preparatory Academy District	Middle	446	15.8:1
286	John Kelley Elementary	Thermal	Coachella Valley Unified	Elementary	505	15.8:1
287	Delta Charter	Tracy	New Jerusalem Elementary	Combined	772	15.8:1
288	O'Connell (John) High	San Francisco	San Francisco Unified	High	460	15.8:1
289	Ambassador-Global Leadership	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	High	472	15.8:1
290	Sol Aureus College Preparatory	Sacramento	Sol Aureus College Preparatory District	Elementary	316	15.8:1
291	Paularino Elementary	Costa Mesa	Newport-Mesa Unified	Elementary	371	15.8:1
292	Community Roots Academy	Laguna Niguel	Community Roots Academy District	Elementary	780	15.8:1
293	Pacific Boulevard	Huntington Park	Los Angeles Unified	Elementary	301	15.8:1
294	Alliance Leichtman-Levine Family Foundation Env Sci High	Los Angeles	Alliance Leichtman-Levine FAM Foundation Env Sci High DIST	High	296	15.8:1
295	Bill E. Young Jr. Middle	Calipatria	Calipatria Unified	Middle	322	15.9:1
296	Francisco Middle	San Francisco	San Francisco Unified	Middle	496	15.9:1
297	De Anza Middle	Ontario	Ontario-Montclair	Middle	510	15.9:1
298	Montague Elementary	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Unified	Elementary	254	15.9:1
299	Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert	Hesperia	Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert District	High	253	15.9:1
300	Los Angeles Senior High	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	High	978	15.9:1

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