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The smallest public schools in California

9,461 public schools in California appear in this ranking of the smallest public schools, ranked by the smallest total enrollment (schools with at least 10 students). Mendota Community Day leads the list at 10, against a median of 478 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

9,461

California

Best Students

Median Students

478

SMALLEST · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Mendota Community Day	Mendota, CA	Mendota Unified	High	10
2	Cedar Continuation High	O'neals, CA	Chawanakee Unified	High	10
3	Carmel Valley High	Carmel, CA	Carmel Unified	High	10
4	Pathway Community Day	Fresno, CA	Central Unified	High	10
5	Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center	Lancaster, CA	Eastside Union Elementary	Elementary	10
6	Madison Community High	Madison, CA	Esparto Unified	High	10
7	Mountain View High (Continuation)	Burney, CA	Fall River Joint Unified	High	10
8	Sam Webb Continuation	Holtville, CA	Holtville Unified	High	10
9	Hot Springs Elementary	California Hot Springs, CA	Hot Springs Elementary	Elementary	10
10	Maple Creek Elementary	Korbel, CA	Maple Creek Elementary	Elementary	10
11	Loconoma Valley High	Middletown, CA	Middletown Unified	High	10
12	Arbuckle Alternative High (Continuation)	Arbuckle, CA	Pierce Joint Unified	High	10
13	Pomona Alternative	Pomona, CA	Pomona Unified	Combined	10
14	Santa Clara Community Day	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	High	10
15	Sierra Alternative High	Tollhouse, CA	Sierra Unified	High	10
16	Silver Fork Elementary	Kyburz, CA	Silver Fork Elementary	Elementary	10
17	Hoaglin-Zenia Elementary	Zenia, CA	Southern Trinity Joint Unified	Elementary	10
18	County Community	Sutter Creek, CA	Amador County Office of Education	Combined	10
19	Rio Del Rey High (Continuation)	Helm, CA	Golden Plains Unified	High	10
20	Pacific Valley (K-12)	Big Sur, CA	Big Sur Unified	Combined	11
21	Vista (Alternative)	San Dimas, CA	Bonita Unified	Combined	11
22	Adult Transition Program	San Dimas, CA	Bonita Unified	High	11
23	Fall River Community Day	McArthur, CA	Fall River Joint Unified	High	11
24	Alternative Learning Academy at Conley-Caraballo High	Hayward, CA	New Haven Unified	High	11
25	Refugio High	Solvang, CA	Santa Ynez Valley Union High	High	11
26	Santee Alternative	Santee, CA	Santee	Elementary	11
27	Parkfield Elementary	San Miguel, CA	Shandon Joint Unified	Elementary	11
28	Cold Stream Alternative	Truckee, CA	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	Combined	11
29	BASES Learning Center	Oroville, CA	Butte County Office of Education	Combined	11
30	Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community	El Centro, CA	Imperial County Office of Education	Combined	11
31	West Hills Juvenile Hall Court	Ukiah, CA	Mendocino County Office of Education	Combined	11
32	San Luis Obispo County Juvenile Court	San Luis Obispo, CA	San Luis Obispo County Office of Education	High	11
33	Gateway Center	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo County Office of Education	High	11
34	Jan Work Community	Mammoth Lakes, CA	Mono County Office of Education	High	11
35	Murrieta Options Academy	Murrieta, CA	Murrieta Valley Unified	High	12
36	Bridges Community Day	San Juan Capistrano, CA	Capistrano Unified	High	12
37	Edna Beaman Elementary	Benton, CA	Eastern Sierra Unified	Elementary	12
38	Gateway Community Day	Shasta Lake, CA	Gateway Unified	High	12
39	Guerneville Primary	Guerneville, CA	Guerneville Elementary	Elementary	12
40	Hanford Elementary Community Day	Hanford, CA	Hanford Elementary	Elementary	12
41	Indian Diggings Elementary	Somerset, CA	Indian Diggings Elementary	Elementary	12
42	Jack Norton Elementary	Hoopa, CA	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified	Elementary	12
43	Pacifica Independent Home Study	Pacifica, CA	Pacifica	Elementary	12
44	Crossroads High	Concord, CA	Mt. Diablo Unified	High	12
45	Community High (Continuation)	Pacific Grove, CA	Pacific Grove Unified	High	12
46	Soledad Transition Center	Soledad, CA	Soledad Unified	High	12
47	Gene Drevno Community Day	Torrance, CA	Torrance Unified	High	12
48	Coastal Buttes Academy	Williams, CA	Colusa County Office of Education	Combined	12
49	Blue Ridge	South Lake Tahoe, CA	El Dorado County Office of Education	Combined	12
50	Mountain Oaks High	North Fork, CA	Chawanakee Unified	High	13

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