Total enrollment
20,422
-971 (-5%) vs SY 2020-21
38 schools in Pomona Unified
California · 20,422 students · 2 cities
Pomona Unified's public-school footprint covers 38 schools with combined enrollment of about 20,422 students, averaging 537 per school.
4-year change in Pomona Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
37
-1 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Pomona Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #388 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 20,422 | #56 of 587 | #394 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 37 | #32 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #223 of 587 | #8,533 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 86.8% | #80 of 587 | #871 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #437 of 530 | #4,994 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 Pomona Unified
State test results across the district's 34 scored schools run from Pantera Elementary at 79.8% proficient to Lopez Elementary at 15.2%, a gap of 64.6 points. That is the 28th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 37 district schools that reported both years went from 22,243 to 20,422 students (down 8%) and from 971 to 970 full-time teachers (unchanged), 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 Pomona Unified
As a low-population district in California, Pomona Unified educates 20,422 students across 38 schools.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Pomona Unified consists of 24 elementary, 4 middle, 7 high schools, and 3 combined or other.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 5%: 21,393 students in SY 2020-21 versus 20,422 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Pomona Unified shed 1 school, going from 38 to 37.
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