Total enrollment
33,073
-2,059 (-6%) vs SY 2020-21
44 schools in Fremont Unified
California · 33,073 students · 1 city
Fremont Unified runs the local public-school system inside California: 44 K-12 schools serving roughly 33,073 students, with 30 elementary, 5 middle, and 8 high.
4-year change in Fremont Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
43
+1 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Fremont Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #39 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 33,073 | #22 of 587 | #193 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 43 | #26 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #542 of 587 | #8,943 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 29.9% | #493 of 587 | #6,632 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #329 of 530 | #3,062 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Fremont Unified
State test results across the district's 38 scored schools run from Mission San Jose High at 89.8% proficient to Cabrillo Elementary at 22.1%, a gap of 67.7 points. That is the 22nd widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 42 district schools that reported both years went from 35,731 to 31,990 students (down 10%) and from 1,509 to 1,336 full-time teachers (down 11%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Fremont Unified
As a thinly populated district in California, Fremont Unified enrolls 33,073 students across 44 schools.
In terms of grade levels, Fremont Unified comprises 30 elementary, 5 middle, 8 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Fremont Unified runs about 752 students per school, 30% above the state mean of roughly 578.
Over the past 4-year window. Total public-school enrollment in Fremont Unified has shrank 6% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 35,132 students to 33,073. Over that span, Fremont Unified added 1 school, going from 42 to 43.
On this page, the community for Fremont Unified discusses school events, board meetings, and seasonal calendars. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.