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.
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%
| Name | City | County | Level | Enrollment | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance County Community | Hawthorne | Los Angeles County | High | 132 | · |
| Imperial Valley Home School Academy | El Centro | Imperial County | Elementary | 131 | · |
| JCS - Cedar Cove | Encinitas | San Diego County | Combined | 131 | · |
| Point Arena High | Point Arena | Mendocino County | High | 131 | · |
| Walnut Grove Elementary | Walnut Grove | Sacramento County | Elementary | 131 | · |
| Wilson Alternative | Santa Clara | Santa Clara County | Combined | 131 | · |
| Alvord High | Riverside | Riverside County | High | 130 | · |
| Baden High (Continuation) | South San Francisco | San Mateo County | High | 130 | · |
| Chaparral High | Phelan | San Bernardino County | High | 130 | · |
| Discovery High | Sacramento | Sacramento County | High | 130 | · |
| Glen View High | Beaumont | Riverside County | High | 130 | · |
| Harris Newmark Continuation | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | High | 130 | · |
| Live Oak High (Continuation) | Antioch | Contra Costa County | High | 130 | · |
| Mission Elementary | Soledad | Monterey County | Elementary | 130 | · |
| Pathways for Adult Life Skills | Perris | Riverside County | High | 130 | · |
| West Side Elementary | Healdsburg | Sonoma County | Elementary | 130 | · |
| HomeTech Charter | Paradise | Butte County | Combined | 129 | · |
| South County Consortium | Petaluma | Sonoma County | Combined | 129 | · |
| Clifford Street Elementary Math & Technology Magnet | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 128 | · |
| Come Back Charter | Merced | Merced County | High | 128 | · |
| El Dorado Elementary | San Francisco | San Francisco County | Elementary | 128 | · |
| El Mirage | Adelanto | San Bernardino County | Elementary | 128 | · |
| Fletcher Walker Elementary | Westwood | Lassen County | Elementary | 128 | · |
| Glen Paul | Eureka | Humboldt County | Combined | 128 | · |
| Magnolia Science Academy 6 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Middle | 128 | · |
| Magnolia Union Elementary | Brawley | Imperial County | Elementary | 128 | · |
| Mayberry Street Elementary | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 128 | · |
| Parker (Jean) Elementary | San Francisco | San Francisco County | Elementary | 128 | · |
| Pegasus High | San Jose | Santa Clara County | High | 128 | · |
| Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter | Santa Rosa | Sonoma County | Middle | 128 | · |
| Tehama eLearning Academy | Red Bluff | Tehama County | High | 128 | · |
| Cal Burke High | Panorama City | Los Angeles County | High | 127 | · |
| Calaveras Unified Alternative-Sierra Hills Education Center | San Andreas | Calaveras County | Combined | 127 | · |
| IDEA Center | El Cajon | San Diego County | High | 127 | · |
| Lashon Academy City | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 127 | · |
| Maple Primary Center | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 127 | · |
| Mayacamas Countywide Middle | Napa | Napa County | Middle | 127 | · |
| Mission Continuation | San Fernando | Los Angeles County | High | 127 | · |
| Tomales High | Tomales | Marin County | High | 127 | · |
| Browns Valley Elementary | Browns Valley | Yuba County | Elementary | 126 | · |
| Crozier (George W.) Junior High | Inglewood | Los Angeles County | Middle | 126 | · |
| Explore Academy | Orange | Orange County | Combined | 126 | · |
| Liberty High | Lodi | San Joaquin County | High | 126 | · |
| Merquin Elementary | Stevinson | Merced County | Elementary | 126 | · |
| Pescadero Elementary and Middle | Pescadero | San Mateo County | Elementary | 126 | · |
| Washington High | Colton | San Bernardino County | Combined | 126 | · |
| Young Adult Program | Oakland | Alameda County | High | 126 | · |
| CATCH Prep Charter High Inc. | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | High | 125 | · |
| Delta Keys Charter | Tracy | San Joaquin County | Combined | 125 | · |
| Dewey Academy High | Oakland | Alameda County | High | 125 | · |
| Etna Elementary | Etna | Siskiyou County | Elementary | 125 | · |
| Holmes Avenue Elementary | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 125 | · |
| Ingenium Clarion Charter Middle | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Middle | 125 | · |
| Mountain Heights Academy | San Jacinto | Riverside County | High | 125 | · |
| Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc | Lompoc | Santa Barbara County | Combined | 125 | · |
| Online Academy | Ontario | San Bernardino County | Elementary | 125 | · |
| Outside Creek Elementary | Visalia | Tulare County | Elementary | 125 | · |
| San Pasqual Middle | Winterhaven | Imperial County | Middle | 125 | · |
| Teel School in Empire | Empire | Stanislaus County | High | 125 | · |
| Chester Junior/Senior High | Chester | Plumas County | High | 124 | · |
| Davis School for Independent Study | Davis | Yolo County | Combined | 124 | · |
| Fort Jones Elementary | Fort Jones | Siskiyou County | Elementary | 124 | · |
| George Key | Placentia | Orange County | Combined | 124 | · |
| James J. McBride Special Education Center | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | High | 124 | · |
| Kenwood Elementary | Kenwood | Sonoma County | Elementary | 124 | · |
| Mark West Charter | Santa Rosa | Sonoma County | Elementary | 124 | · |
| Maxwell Elementary | Maxwell | Colusa County | Elementary | 124 | · |
| SHANEL VALLEY ACADEMY | Hopland | Mendocino County | Elementary | 124 | · |
| Tamiscal High (Alternative) | Larkspur | Marin County | High | 124 | · |
| Academy (The)- SF @McAteer | San Francisco | San Francisco County | High | 123 | · |
| Peninsula High (Continuation) | Burlingame | San Mateo County | High | 123 | · |
| Willits Charter | Willits | Mendocino County | High | 123 | · |
| Adelante High (Continuation) | Roseville | Placer County | High | 122 | · |
| Black Rock Alternative/Continuation | Yucca Valley | San Bernardino County | High | 122 | · |
| Manteca Online Academy | Stockton | San Joaquin County | Elementary | 122 | · |
| Redwood Collegiate Academy | Ukiah | Mendocino County | High | 122 | · |
| Rincon Valley Partnership | Santa Rosa | Sonoma County | Elementary | 122 | · |
| Valley Atwater Community | Atwater | Merced County | High | 122 | · |
| Albion Street Elementary | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 121 | · |
| Bayside Community Day | Moreno Valley | Riverside County | High | 121 | · |
| Big Pine Elementary | Big Pine | Inyo County | Elementary | 121 | · |
| Buena Vista Continuation High | Chino | San Bernardino County | High | 121 | · |
| Extera Public School No. 2 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 121 | · |
| George and Evelyn Stein Continuation | Tracy | San Joaquin County | High | 121 | · |
| Soc Just Leadership Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #5 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | High | 121 | · |
| The High School at Moorpark College | Moorpark | Ventura County | High | 121 | · |
| University Pathways Public Service Academy | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | High | 121 | · |
| Chicago Park Elementary | Grass Valley | Nevada County | Elementary | 120 | · |
| Coronado High (Continuation) | West Covina | Los Angeles County | High | 120 | · |
| Rio Cazadero High | Sacramento | Sacramento County | High | 120 | · |
| S.F. County Special Education | San Francisco | San Francisco County | Combined | 120 | · |
| South Valley High (Continuation) | Ukiah | Mendocino County | High | 120 | · |
| Alta Vista Alternative High | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara County | High | 119 | · |
| Central Valley Home | Kingsburg | Fresno County | Elementary | 119 | · |
| Hillside High | Upland | San Bernardino County | High | 119 | · |
| Leadership Military Academy | Moreno Valley | Riverside County | High | 119 | · |
| Limitless Learning Academy | Escondido | San Diego County | Elementary | 119 | · |
| San Diego Metro Career and Tech | San Diego | San Diego County | High | 119 | · |
| Shery (Kurt T.) High (Continuation) | Torrance | Los Angeles County | High | 119 | · |
| Sierra High | Azusa | Los Angeles County | High | 119 | · |
| Surfside High (Continuation) | Oceanside | San Diego County | High | 119 | · |
| Allensworth Elementary | Allensworth | Tulare County | Elementary | 118 | · |
| College View | Glendale | Los Angeles County | Combined | 118 | · |
| Gorman Elementary | Gorman | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 118 | · |
| Independence Charter Academy | Helendale | San Bernardino County | Combined | 118 | · |
| Intellectual Virtues Academy | Long Beach | Los Angeles County | High | 118 | · |
| Kaiser Early Childhood Center | Oakland | Alameda County | Elementary | 118 | · |
| Kid Street Charter | Santa Rosa | Sonoma County | Elementary | 118 | · |
| Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy | Arcata | Humboldt County | High | 118 | · |
| Paradise Charter | Modesto | Stanislaus County | Elementary | 118 | · |
| Richard H. Lewis Alternative | Clearlake | Lake County | Combined | 118 | · |
| Sunset Elementary | La Puente | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 118 | · |
| Ukiah Independent Study Academy | Ukiah | Mendocino County | Combined | 118 | · |
| Village Charter | Santa Rosa | Sonoma County | Elementary | 118 | · |
| Cajon Valley Home | El Cajon | San Diego County | Elementary | 117 | · |
| Connections Visual and Performing Arts Academy | Tuolumne | Tuolumne County | High | 117 | · |
| Irvine Adult Transition Programs | Irvine | Orange County | High | 117 | · |
| Maxwell Sr High | Maxwell | Colusa County | High | 117 | · |
| Pacific Crest Academy | El Dorado | El Dorado County | High | 117 | · |
| Pleasant Valley Middle | Placerville | El Dorado County | Middle | 117 | · |
| AeroSTEM Academy | Yuba City | Sutter County | High | 116 | · |
| CCCOE Special Education Programs | Antioch | Contra Costa County | Combined | 116 | · |
| Elevated Digital Learning Academy | South Lake Tahoe | El Dorado County | Combined | 116 | · |
| Napa Valley Independent Studies | Napa | Napa County | Combined | 116 | · |
| New Millennium Secondary | Gardena | Los Angeles County | High | 116 | · |
| Panorama Elementary | Daly City | San Mateo County | Elementary | 116 | · |
| Sherwood Montessori | Chico | Butte County | Elementary | 116 | · |
| Capital College & Career Academy | Sacramento | Sacramento County | High | 115 | · |
| Fairvalley High (Continuation) | Covina | Los Angeles County | High | 115 | · |
| Loma Rica Elementary | Marysville | Yuba County | Elementary | 115 | · |
| Maidu Virtual Charter Academy | Auburn | Placer County | High | 115 | · |
| Petaluma Accelerated Charter | Petaluma | Sonoma County | Middle | 115 | · |
| Portola-Butler Continuation High | King City | Monterey County | High | 115 | · |
| Learning by Design Charter | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 114 | · |
| Maidu Virtual Charter Academy | Auburn | Placer County | High | 114 | · |
| Pacific View Academy | Arroyo Grande | San Luis Obispo County | Combined | 114 | · |
| Santa Cruz City Elementary Alternative Education-Monarch | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz County | Elementary | 114 | · |
| West Marin Elementary | Point Reyes Station | Marin County | Middle | 114 | · |
| West Point Elementary | West Point | Calaveras County | Elementary | 114 | · |
| eCademy Charter at Crane | Turlock | Stanislaus County | Combined | 114 | · |
| Ballard Elementary | Solvang | Santa Barbara County | Elementary | 113 | · |
| Delta Charter | Aptos | Santa Cruz County | High | 113 | · |
| Innovations Academy | Rancho Cordova | Sacramento County | Combined | 113 | · |
| Lexington Avenue Primary Center | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 113 | · |
| Plainsburg Union Elementary | Merced | Merced County | Elementary | 113 | · |
| Renaissance High | Santa Paula | Ventura County | High | 113 | · |
| Rose City High (Continuation) | Pasadena | Los Angeles County | High | 113 | · |
| Round Valley High | Covelo | Mendocino County | High | 113 | · |
| San Bernardino Co Juve Detention and Assessment Center | San Bernardino | San Bernardino County | Combined | 113 | · |
| Six Rivers Charter High | Arcata | Humboldt County | High | 113 | · |
| District Special Education | Stockton | San Joaquin County | Combined | 112 | · |
| Glen Alta Elementary | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 112 | · |
| Julian High | Julian | San Diego County | High | 112 | · |
| Kinney High (Continuation) | Rancho Cordova | Sacramento County | High | 112 | · |
| Renaissance High Continuation | La Selva Beach | Santa Cruz County | High | 112 | · |
| Robbins Elementary | Robbins | Sutter County | Elementary | 112 | · |
| Santa Lucia Middle | Cambria | San Luis Obispo County | Middle | 112 | · |
| Stanford Primary Center | South Gate | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 112 | · |
| Alexander Valley Elementary | Healdsburg | Sonoma County | Elementary | 111 | · |
| Encinal Elementary | Live Oak | Sutter County | Elementary | 111 | · |
| Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science | Hayward | Alameda County | Elementary | 111 | · |
| Gratton Charter | Denair | Stanislaus County | Elementary | 111 | · |
| Green Valley High | Yucaipa | San Bernardino County | High | 111 | · |
| MIT Griffin Academy Middle | Vallejo | Solano County | Middle | 111 | · |
| Nathaniel S. Colley Sr. High | Sacramento | Sacramento County | High | 111 | · |
| North Oakland Community Charter | Oakland | Alameda County | Elementary | 111 | · |
| North Point Academy | Grass Valley | Nevada County | High | 111 | · |
| Trona High | Trona | San Bernardino County | High | 111 | · |
| Alternative Family Education | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz County | Combined | 110 | · |
| Cobb Mountain Elementary | Cobb | Lake County | Elementary | 110 | · |
| Forest Ranch Charter | Forest Ranch | Butte County | Elementary | 110 | · |
| Julian Junior High | Julian | San Diego County | Middle | 110 | · |
| University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | High | 110 | · |
| Bolinas-Stinson Elementary | Bolinas | Marin County | Elementary | 109 | · |
| Canyon Hills | Anaheim | Orange County | Combined | 109 | · |
| Stone Corral Elementary | Visalia | Tulare County | Elementary | 109 | · |
| Wasco Independence High | Wasco | Kern County | High | 109 | · |
| Borrego Springs High | Borrego Springs | San Diego County | High | 108 | · |
| Holly Drive Leadership Academy | San Diego | San Diego County | Elementary | 108 | · |
| McGill School of Success | San Diego | San Diego County | Elementary | 108 | · |
| Oxford Day Academy | East Palo Alto | San Mateo County | High | 108 | · |
| Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy | Tehachapi | Kern County | Elementary | 108 | · |
| Valiente College Preparatory Charter | South Gate | Los Angeles County | Middle | 108 | · |
| Cuyama Elementary | New Cuyama | Santa Barbara County | Elementary | 107 | · |
| Oak Knoll Alternative | Glendora | Los Angeles County | Combined | 107 | · |
| Royal Sunset (Continuation) | Hayward | Alameda County | High | 107 | · |
| San Francisco Public Montessori | San Francisco | San Francisco County | Elementary | 107 | · |
| Santa Clara County Community | San Jose | Santa Clara County | High | 107 | · |
| Vista Adult Transition Center | Vista | San Diego County | High | 107 | · |
| Alternatives in Action | Oakland | Alameda County | High | 106 | · |
| Greenville Elementary | Greenville | Plumas County | Elementary | 106 | · |
| Happy Valley Elementary | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz County | Elementary | 106 | · |
| Knights Ferry Elementary | Knights Ferry | Stanislaus County | Elementary | 106 | · |
| Newberry Springs Elementary | Newberry Springs | San Bernardino County | Elementary | 106 | · |
| Six Rivers Charter High | Arcata | Humboldt County | High | 106 | · |
| Warner Elementary | Warner Springs | San Diego County | Elementary | 106 | · |
| Antelope Elementary | Coleville | Mono County | Elementary | 105 | · |
| Calaveras Hills | Milpitas | Santa Clara County | High | 105 | · |
| California Online Public Schools Central Coast | San Juan Capistrano | Orange County | Combined | 105 | · |
| Grizzly Hill | Nevada City | Nevada County | Elementary | 105 | · |
| Heartland High (Continuation) | Selma | Fresno County | High | 105 | · |
| Kernville Elementary | Kernville | Kern County | Elementary | 105 | · |
| Kirkwood Elementary | Corning | Tehama County | Elementary | 105 | · |
| Mission Education Center | San Francisco | San Francisco County | Elementary | 105 | · |
| New Vision High | Stockton | San Joaquin County | High | 105 | · |
| Phoenix High (Continuation) | Lincoln | Placer County | High | 105 | · |
| Pivot Charter School North Valley II | Chico | Butte County | High | 105 | · |
| Santa Cruz County Special Education | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz County | Combined | 105 | · |
| Stoney Point Continuation | Chatsworth | Los Angeles County | High | 105 | · |
| Success One! | Orland | Glenn County | High | 105 | · |
| Gateway to College High at Laney College | Oakland | Alameda County | High | 104 | · |
| Independence Continuation | Diamond Springs | El Dorado County | High | 104 | · |
| Lake Street Primary | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 104 | · |
| Riverside County Juvenile Court | Riverside | Riverside County | Combined | 104 | · |
| Salisbury High (Continuation) | Red Bluff | Tehama County | High | 104 | · |
| Somerset High | Bellflower | Los Angeles County | High | 104 | · |
| Whitcomb Continuation High | Glendora | Los Angeles County | High | 104 | · |
| Capistrano Union High | San Juan Capistrano | Orange County | High | 103 | · |
| Central Coast High | Seaside | Monterey County | High | 103 | · |
| Confluence Continuation High | Auburn | Placer County | High | 103 | · |
| Independence Continuation | Lake Balboa | Los Angeles County | High | 103 | · |
| Justin Elementary | Simi Valley | Ventura County | Elementary | 103 | · |
| Anderson New Technology High | Anderson | Shasta County | High | 102 | · |
| Bend Elementary | Red Bluff | Tehama County | Elementary | 102 | · |
| La Entrada Continuation High | Sacramento | Sacramento County | High | 102 | · |
| San Leandro Virtual Academy | San Leandro | Alameda County | Combined | 102 | · |
| Shasta County Independent Study | Redding | Shasta County | High | 102 | · |
| Whitman Elementary | San Diego | San Diego County | Elementary | 102 | · |
| Yuba City Independence Academy | Yuba City | Sutter County | Combined | 102 | · |
| Big Sur Charter | Monterey | Monterey County | Combined | 101 | · |
| Foothills High | San Marcos | San Diego County | High | 101 | · |
| Lakeport Alternative (Home School) | Lakeport | Lake County | Combined | 101 | · |
| Lee Vining Elementary | Lee Vining | Mono County | Elementary | 101 | · |
| Mark Twain Special Center | Garden Grove | Orange County | Combined | 101 | · |
| Pershing Continuation High | Fresno | Fresno County | High | 101 | · |
| Salinas Community | Salinas | Monterey County | High | 101 | · |
| Odyssey Continuation | South Gate | Los Angeles County | High | 100 | · |
| Open Valley Independent Study | Patterson | Stanislaus County | Combined | 100 | · |
| Shasta Elementary | Shasta | Shasta County | Elementary | 100 | · |
| Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary | Alta | Placer County | Elementary | 99 | · |
| Mountain Creek Middle | Somerset | El Dorado County | Middle | 99 | · |
| Salinas City Virtual Academy | Salinas | Monterey County | Elementary | 99 | · |
| Union Street Charter | Arcata | Humboldt County | Elementary | 99 | · |
| Valley Merced Community | Merced | Merced County | Combined | 99 | · |
| Vista Nueva Career and Technology High | Sacramento | Sacramento County | High | 99 | · |
| California Creative Learning Academy MS | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Middle | 98 | · |
| Endeavor Alternative | Ceres | Stanislaus County | Combined | 98 | · |
| Laytonville High | Laytonville | Mendocino County | High | 98 | · |
| Warner Junior/Senior High | Warner Springs | San Diego County | High | 98 | · |
| Amanecer Primary Center | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 97 | · |