Residents
39,287,377
all ages · ACS 5-yr
10,463 schools in California
58 counties · 1011 cities · Public K-12
Public education in California covers 10,463 schools spread across 58 counties. Los Angeles Unified is the largest district by enrollment. The directory below organizes them by geography.
Students
5,798,373
public K-12 · NCES
Schools
10,463
public K-12
Counties
58
1,011 cities
Test scores
Reading, SY 2023-24. State average: 47.6% met or exceeded.Top 5 schools
- 99.4%
- 99.0%
- 98.6%
- 98.4%
- 98.3%
Lowest 5 schools
- 2.6%
- 2.9%
- 3.5%
- 3.7%
- 3.9%
Counties
Alameda County394 schools→Alpine County5 schools→Amador County15 schools→Butte County96 schools→Calaveras County23 schools→Colusa County23 schools→Contra Costa County280 schools→Del Norte County16 schools→El Dorado County69 schools→Fresno County368 schools→Glenn County25 schools→Humboldt County92 schools→Imperial County76 schools→Inyo County23 schools→Kern County279 schools→Kings County67 schools→Lake County43 schools→Lassen County25 schools→Los Angeles County2,244 schools→Madera County81 schools→Marin County75 schools→Mariposa County16 schools→Mendocino County66 schools→Merced County117 schools→Modoc County10 schools→Mono County15 schools→Monterey County153 schools→Napa County43 schools→Nevada County46 schools→Orange County649 schools→Placer County123 schools→Plumas County15 schools→Riverside County543 schools→Sacramento County387 schools→San Benito County28 schools→San Bernardino County583 schools→San Diego County766 schools→San Francisco County132 schools→San Joaquin County251 schools→San Luis Obispo County83 schools→San Mateo County176 schools→Santa Barbara County129 schools→Santa Clara County412 schools→Santa Cruz County83 schools→Shasta County95 schools→Sierra County7 schools→Siskiyou County52 schools→Solano County110 schools→Sonoma County184 schools→Stanislaus County190 schools→Sutter County46 schools→Tehama County41 schools→Trinity County19 schools→Tulare County196 schools→Tuolumne County30 schools→Ventura County238 schools→Yolo County67 schools→Yuba County41 schools→