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The fastest-declining public schools by enrollment in California

This ranking covers the fastest-declining public schools by enrollment in California, drawn from 5,606 qualifying public schools. Cesar Chavez Early Learning Center leads the list at -85.0%, against a median of -15.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

5,606

California

Best Enrollment change

-85.0%

Median Enrollment change

-15.2%

FASTEST DECLINING · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Cesar Chavez Early Learning Center	San Jose, CA	Alum Rock Union Elementary	373	56	-85.0%
2	Youth Opportunities Unlimited	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	290	51	-82.4%
3	Crozier (George W.) Junior High	Inglewood, CA	Inglewood Unified	626	126	-79.9%
4	Reid High	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	220	50	-77.3%
5	Walton Middle	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	311	72	-76.8%
6	Meiners Oaks Early Education	Ojai, CA	Ojai Unified	279	71	-74.6%
7	Goodwill High	Victorville, CA	Victor Valley Union High	206	58	-71.8%
8	Summit View Independent Study	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	208	62	-70.2%
9	Paseo del Rey Fundamental	Playa Del Rey, CA	Los Angeles Unified	458	139	-69.7%
10	Alice M. Worsley	Fresno, CA	Fresno County Office of Education	255	79	-69.0%
11	Hudson	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	696	224	-67.8%
12	Academy (The)- SF @McAteer	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	359	123	-65.7%
13	Lincoln Elementary	Vallejo, CA	Vallejo City Unified	203	70	-65.5%
14	Soc Just Leadership Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #5	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	346	121	-65.0%
15	Brentwood Science	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	637	224	-64.8%
16	OCCS:CHEP/PCHS	Tustin, CA	Orange County Department of Education	795	290	-63.5%
17	Banning Independent Study	Banning, CA	Banning Unified	229	84	-63.3%
18	Pine Ridge	Magalia, CA	Paradise Unified	473	179	-62.2%
19	Charles Maclay Middle	Pacoima, CA	Los Angeles Unified	616	238	-61.4%
20	Valley Merced Community	Merced, CA	Merced County Office of Education	256	99	-61.3%
21	Malibu High	Malibu, CA	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	951	387	-59.3%
22	Educational Partnership High	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	803	331	-58.8%
23	Central East High	Fresno, CA	Central Unified	4,168	1,741	-58.2%
24	Sonoma County Special Education	Santa Rosa, CA	Sonoma County Office of Education	403	169	-58.1%
25	Enterprise Middle	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	430	182	-57.7%
26	Frank D. Parent	Inglewood, CA	Inglewood Unified	552	235	-57.4%
27	Lord Baden-Powell	Anaheim, CA	Magnolia Elementary	575	248	-56.9%
28	Fred E. Weibel Elementary	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	833	362	-56.5%
29	Loyola Village Fine And Performing Arts Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	367	161	-56.1%
30	Elim Elementary	Hilmar, CA	Hilmar Unified	989	437	-55.8%
31	Mayberry Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	285	128	-55.1%
32	Brookfield Elementary	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	296	133	-55.1%
33	Lemon Grove Academy for the Sciences and Humanities	Lemon Grove, CA	Lemon Grove	1,142	516	-54.8%
34	Short Elementary	San Rafael, CA	San Rafael City Elementary	200	91	-54.5%
35	Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	307	140	-54.4%
36	Lassalette	La Puente, CA	Hacienda la Puente Unified	610	279	-54.3%
37	Paradise Junior High	Paradise, CA	Paradise Unified	430	197	-54.2%
38	Sylvandale Middle	San Jose, CA	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	716	330	-53.9%
39	Frost (Earl) Elementary	San Jose, CA	Oak Grove Elementary	671	313	-53.4%
40	Calero High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	370	173	-53.2%
41	Hans Christensen Middle	Menifee, CA	Menifee Union	781	369	-52.8%
42	Marshall Middle	Pomona, CA	Pomona Unified	528	249	-52.8%
43	Dayton Heights Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	449	214	-52.3%
44	Mt. Pleasant Elementary	San Jose, CA	Mount Pleasant Elementary	360	172	-52.2%
45	Monte Vista Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	377	181	-52.0%
46	Central High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	503	242	-51.9%
47	Manhattan Place Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	451	218	-51.7%
48	Kern County Community	Bakersfield, CA	Kern County Office of Education	670	325	-51.5%
49	Gompers	Lakewood, CA	Long Beach Unified	749	366	-51.1%
50	Harrison Street Elementary	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	466	229	-50.9%

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