Total enrollment
5,272
+42 (+1%) vs SY 2020-21
9 schools in Kerman Unified
California · 5,272 students · 1 city
Kerman Unified in California runs 9 public K-12 schools today, teaching roughly 5,272 students (an average of 586 per school).
4-year change in Kerman Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
9
+2 (+29%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Kerman Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #323 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 5,272 | #250 of 587 | #1,824 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 9 | #257 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #414 of 587 | #8,789 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 88.0% | #65 of 587 | #807 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #468 of 530 | #5,732 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 Kerman Unified
State test results across the district's 7 scored schools run from Liberty Elementary at 43.2% proficient to Kerman Middle at 28.6%, a gap of 14.6 points. That is the 379th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 7 district schools that reported both years went from 5,145 to 4,597 students (down 11%) and from 211 to 206 full-time teachers (down 2%), 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.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerman High | Kerman | High | 09-12 | 1,493 |
| Kerman Middle | Kerman | Middle | 07-08 | 810 |
| Goldenrod Elementary | Kerman | Elementary | KG-06 | 617 |
| Kerman-Floyd Elementary | Kerman | Elementary | KG-06 | 567 |
| Liberty Elementary | Kerman | Elementary | KG-06 | 563 |
| Harvest Elementary | Kerman | Elementary | KG-06 | 535 |
| Sun Empire Elementary | Kerman | Elementary | KG-06 | 490 |
| Kerman Unified Online | Kerman | Combined | KG-12 | 140 |
| Enterprise High | Kerman | High | 09-12 | 57 |
About Kerman Unified
As a low-population district in California, Kerman Unified hosts 5,272 students across 9 schools.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Kerman Unified comprises 5 elementary, 1 middle, 2 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment remained close to its prior level: 5,230 students in SY 2020-21 versus 5,272 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 7 to 9 across the same 4-year window.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Kerman Unified discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.