Total enrollment
25,294
+432 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
34 schools in Glendale Unified
California · 25,294 students · 2 cities
Glendale Unified hosts 34 public K-12 schools inside California, collectively enrolling about 25,294 students (around 744 per school).
4-year change in Glendale Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
32
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Glendale Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #112 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 25,294 | #35 of 587 | #285 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 32 | #43 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #513 of 587 | #8,910 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 49.7% | #388 of 587 | #4,216 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #266 of 530 | #2,344 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 Glendale Unified
State test results across the district's 28 scored schools run from Monte Vista Elementary at 87.7% proficient to Glendale High at 28.3%, a gap of 59.4 points. That is the 39th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 32 district schools that reported both years went from 26,012 to 25,294 students (down 3%) and from 1,034 to 1,074 full-time teachers (up 4%), 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 Glendale Unified
As a low-population district in California, Glendale Unified hosts 25,294 students across 34 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Glendale Unified is made up of 22 elementary, 4 middle, 6 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Glendale Unified runs about 744 students per school, 29% noticeably above the state mean of roughly 578.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment held roughly steady: 24,862 students in SY 2020-21 versus 25,294 in SY 2024-25.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Glendale Unified discusses school events, board meetings, and seasonal calendars. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.