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California: the counties with the most public school students

55 counties

California public school districts ranked by total public school enrollment across every school in the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents
1Los Angeles CountyCA2,1741,265,9071,265,907
2San Diego CountyCA749467,437467,437
3Orange CountyCA630430,458430,458
4Riverside CountyCA513424,872424,872
5San Bernardino CountyCA563393,648393,648
6Sacramento CountyCA382259,342259,342
7Santa Clara CountyCA401230,059230,059
8Alameda CountyCA373210,511210,511
9Fresno CountyCA352206,072206,072
10Kern CountyCA271197,431197,431
11Contra Costa CountyCA273167,423167,423
12San Joaquin CountyCA243153,026153,026
13Ventura CountyCA228147,841147,841
14Stanislaus CountyCA184106,477106,477
15Tulare CountyCA192101,494101,494
16San Mateo CountyCA16982,40382,403
17Monterey CountyCA14073,84573,845
18Placer CountyCA11870,59070,590
19Santa Barbara CountyCA12066,19166,191
20Sonoma CountyCA17063,38963,389
21Solano CountyCA10460,76560,765
22Merced CountyCA10759,45659,456
23San Francisco CountyCA12456,50556,505
24Imperial CountyCA7236,51336,513
25Santa Cruz CountyCA7936,31636,316
26El Dorado CountyCA6734,70634,706
27San Luis Obispo CountyCA8233,33933,339
28Madera CountyCA7632,25132,251
29Marin CountyCA7129,86729,867
30Yolo CountyCA6229,82029,820
31Butte CountyCA8729,73029,730
32Kings CountyCA6328,74228,742
33Shasta CountyCA9026,63926,639
34Sutter CountyCA4323,78423,784
35Napa CountyCA4018,55718,557
36Humboldt CountyCA9117,31917,319
37Yuba CountyCA4116,04516,045
38Nevada CountyCA4113,56113,561
39Mendocino CountyCA6312,73812,738
40San Benito CountyCA2611,63311,633
41Tehama CountyCA4010,94810,948
42Lake CountyCA3810,16710,167
43Glenn CountyCA216,2526,252
44Siskiyou CountyCA436,0596,059
45Tuolumne CountyCA255,7245,724
46Calaveras CountyCA225,2615,261
47Colusa CountyCA214,7324,732
48Amador CountyCA144,0504,050
49Del Norte CountyCA144,0034,003
50Lassen CountyCA223,7573,757

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