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California: the counties with the most public schools

55 counties

California public school districts ranked by the number of public schools in the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsSchools
1Los Angeles CountyCA2,1741,265,9072,174
2San Diego CountyCA749467,437749
3Orange CountyCA630430,458630
4San Bernardino CountyCA563393,648563
5Riverside CountyCA513424,872513
6Santa Clara CountyCA401230,059401
7Sacramento CountyCA382259,342382
8Alameda CountyCA373210,511373
9Fresno CountyCA352206,072352
10Contra Costa CountyCA273167,423273
11Kern CountyCA271197,431271
12San Joaquin CountyCA243153,026243
13Ventura CountyCA228147,841228
14Tulare CountyCA192101,494192
15Stanislaus CountyCA184106,477184
16Sonoma CountyCA17063,389170
17San Mateo CountyCA16982,403169
18Monterey CountyCA14073,845140
19San Francisco CountyCA12456,505124
20Santa Barbara CountyCA12066,191120
21Placer CountyCA11870,590118
22Merced CountyCA10759,456107
23Solano CountyCA10460,765104
24Humboldt CountyCA9117,31991
25Shasta CountyCA9026,63990
26Butte CountyCA8729,73087
27San Luis Obispo CountyCA8233,33982
28Santa Cruz CountyCA7936,31679
29Madera CountyCA7632,25176
30Imperial CountyCA7236,51372
31Marin CountyCA7129,86771
32El Dorado CountyCA6734,70667
33Kings CountyCA6328,74263
34Mendocino CountyCA6312,73863
35Yolo CountyCA6229,82062
36Siskiyou CountyCA436,05943
37Sutter CountyCA4323,78443
38Nevada CountyCA4113,56141
39Yuba CountyCA4116,04541
40Napa CountyCA4018,55740
41Tehama CountyCA4010,94840
42Lake CountyCA3810,16738
43San Benito CountyCA2611,63326
44Tuolumne CountyCA255,72425
45Calaveras CountyCA225,26122
46Lassen CountyCA223,75722
47Colusa CountyCA214,73221
48Glenn CountyCA216,25221
49Inyo CountyCA192,53919
50Trinity CountyCA171,46117

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