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The largest public charter schools in California

This ranking covers the largest public charter schools in California, drawn from 132 qualifying public middle schools. Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle leads the list at 1,784, against a median of 338 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

132

California

Top Students

1,784

Median Students

338

LARGEST CHARTERS · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle	Northridge, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,784
2	Paul Revere Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,715
3	George Ellery Hale Charter Academy	Woodland Hills, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,693
4	Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle	Tarzana, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,461
5	Palm Desert Charter Middle	Palm Desert, CA	Desert Sands Unified	Middle	1,298
6	Louis Armstrong Middle	Sherman Oaks, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	1,174
7	El Rancho Charter	Anaheim, CA	Orange Unified	Middle	1,144
8	Santiago Charter Middle	Orange, CA	Santiago Charter Middle District	Middle	1,137
9	Price Charter Middle	San Jose, CA	Cambrian	Middle	959
10	Animo Legacy Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Animo Legacy Charter Middle District	Middle	887
11	Rolling Hills Middle	Los Gatos, CA	Campbell Union	Middle	778
12	Orange County School of Computer Science	Yorba Linda, CA	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	Middle	753
13	Monroe Middle	San Jose, CA	Campbell Union	Middle	677
14	Ronald W. Reagan Elementary	Kingsburg, CA	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Middle	619
15	Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	585
16	Aspire Benjamin Holt Middle	Stockton, CA	Aspire Benjamin Holt Middle District	Middle	573
17	Pioneer Middle	Hanford, CA	Pioneer Union Elementary	Middle	550
18	KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory	Los Angeles, CA	KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory District	Middle	529
19	Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy	Huntington Park, CA	Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy District	Middle	527
20	Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle	Sacramento, CA	Natomas Unified	Middle	513
21	Valor Academy Middle	North Hills, CA	Valor Academy Middle District	Middle	510
22	Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District	Middle	496
23	Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle	Lake Forest, CA	Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle District	Middle	495
24	Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4 District	Middle	486
25	Synergy Kinetic Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Synergy Kinetic Academy District	Middle	481
26	Westside Preparatory Charter	Rio Linda, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	Middle	480
27	KIPP Academy of Innovation	Los Angeles, CA	KIPP Academy of Innovation District	Middle	476
28	Stella Middle Charter Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Stella Middle Charter Academy District	Middle	474
29	TEACH Academy of Technologies	Los Angeles, CA	TEACH Academy of Technologies District	Middle	471
30	Alliance Kory Hunter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Alliance Kory Hunter Middle District	Middle	470
31	KIPP Academy of Opportunity	Los Angeles, CA	KIPP Academy of Opportunity District	Middle	466
32	KIPP Sol Academy	Los Angeles, CA	KIPP Sol Academy District	Middle	465
33	Animo James B. Taylor Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Animo James B. Taylor Charter Middle District	Middle	464
34	Magnolia Science Academy San Diego	San Diego, CA	Magnolia Science Academy San Diego District	Middle	464
35	New Vision Middle	Highland, CA	New Vision Middle District	Middle	460
36	Equitas Academy 4	Los Angeles, CA	Equitas Academy 4 District	Middle	456
37	James Jordan Middle	Reseda, CA	James Jordan Middle District	Middle	456
38	KIPP Heritage Academy	San Jose, CA	KIPP Heritage Academy District	Middle	454
39	Emerson Community Charter	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	Middle	454
40	Rafer Johnson Junior High	Kingsburg, CA	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Middle	447
41	Crown Preparatory Academy	Los Angeles, CA	Crown Preparatory Academy District	Middle	446
42	Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle District	Middle	441
43	Century Community Charter	Inglewood, CA	Century Community Charter District	Middle	441
44	Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle District	Middle	437
45	Equitas Academy #2	Los Angeles, CA	Equitas Academy #2 District	Middle	437
46	KIPP Scholar Academy	Los Angeles, CA	KIPP Scholar Academy District	Middle	434
47	Animo Jefferson Charter Middle	Los Angeles, CA	Animo Jefferson Charter Middle District	Middle	427
48	KIPP Summit Academy	San Lorenzo, CA	KIPP Summit Academy District	Middle	427
49	KIPP Heartwood Academy	San Jose, CA	KIPP Heartwood Academy District	Middle	423
50	Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy	San Jose, CA	Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy District	Middle	416

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