Total enrollment
37,657
-8,592 (-19%) vs SY 2017-18
73 schools in Sacramento City Unified
California · 37,657 students · 1 city
Parents inside Sacramento City Unified pick from 73 public K-12 options, with combined enrollment of about 37,657 students (an average school size of 516).
7-year change in Sacramento City Unified
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
73
-10 (-12%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
18%
was 17%
% Hispanic
42%
was 40%
% Black
11%
was 16%
% Asian
19%
was 18%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About Sacramento City Unified
Sacramento City Unified maintains 73 public schools across California, collectively instructing roughly 37,657 students.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Sacramento City Unified spans 51 elementary, 8 middle, 13 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 516 in this district, lower than the California typical of 578.
Trend over the past 7 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 37,657 students, shrank 19% from the 46,249 reported in SY 2017-18. Over that span, Sacramento City Unified lost 10 schools, going from 83 to 73. On the demographic side, Black enrollment moved from 16% to 11% over the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Sacramento City Unified discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.