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%
| Name | City | County | Level | Enrollment | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Shasta Elementary | Montague | Siskiyou County | Elementary | 18 | · |
| MARC High | Caruthers | Fresno County | High | 18 | · |
| Needles Community Day | Needles | San Bernardino County | High | 18 | · |
| Pioneer High (Continuation) | Gustine | Merced County | High | 18 | · |
| Redding Community Day | Redding | Shasta County | Elementary | 18 | · |
| River Delta High/Elementary (Alternative) | Rio Vista | Solano County | Combined | 18 | · |
| Roy A. Johnson High | Castro Valley | Alameda County | High | 18 | · |
| Sunrise (Special Education) | Concord | Contra Costa County | Elementary | 18 | · |
| ABC Secondary (Alternative) | Cerritos | Los Angeles County | High | 17 | · |
| Alps View High (Continuation) | Weaverville | Trinity County | High | 17 | · |
| CDS Secondary | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | High | 17 | · |
| Calaveras River Academy | San Andreas | Calaveras County | High | 17 | · |
| Greenville High | Greenville | Plumas County | High | 17 | · |
| Leggett Valley High | Leggett | Mendocino County | High | 17 | · |
| Orr Creek | Ukiah | Mendocino County | Combined | 17 | · |
| Prospect Community Day | Rancho Cordova | Sacramento County | High | 17 | · |
| S.F. County Court Woodside Learning Ctr | San Francisco | San Francisco County | High | 17 | · |
| San Luis County Special Education | San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo County | Combined | 17 | · |
| Scott River High | Etna | Siskiyou County | High | 17 | · |
| Shoshone Elementary | Shoshone | Inyo County | Elementary | 17 | · |
| Anderson Community Day | Anderson | Shasta County | High | 16 | · |
| Harvest High | Ripon | San Joaquin County | High | 16 | · |
| Hillcrest at Youth Services Center | San Mateo | San Mateo County | High | 16 | · |
| Irwin High (Continuation) | Hilmar | Merced County | High | 16 | · |
| Kings Lake Education Center | Corcoran | Kings County | High | 16 | · |
| McLaren (John) Children Centers | San Francisco | San Francisco County | Elementary | 16 | · |
| Mountain View High | Lucerne Valley | San Bernardino County | High | 16 | · |
| RISE | Lancaster | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 16 | · |
| Red Bluff Community Day | Red Bluff | Tehama County | Elementary | 16 | · |
| Sierra Vista | Granite Bay | Placer County | Combined | 16 | · |
| Solano Co Juve Detention Facility - Evergreen Acad | Fairfield | Solano County | High | 16 | · |
| Table Mountain | Oroville | Butte County | Combined | 16 | · |
| Whitethorn Elementary | Whitethorn | Humboldt County | Elementary | 16 | · |
| Beckwourth (Jim) High (Continuation) | Portola | Plumas County | High | 15 | · |
| Big Lagoon Elementary | Trinidad | Humboldt County | Elementary | 15 | · |
| Central County Special Education Programs | Alamo | Contra Costa County | Combined | 15 | · |
| Compton STEP | Compton | Los Angeles County | Combined | 15 | · |
| Credence High | Susanville | Lassen County | High | 15 | · |
| Highlands Academy | Lower Lake | Lake County | Middle | 15 | · |
| John Morse Therapeutic Center | Sacramento | Sacramento County | Elementary | 15 | · |
| Madera Unified Adult Transition Program | Madera | Madera County | High | 15 | · |
| Otter Creek Elementary | Georgetown | El Dorado County | Elementary | 15 | · |
| Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford | Palo Alto | Santa Clara County | Combined | 15 | · |
| Pinnacles Community | Hollister | San Benito County | High | 15 | · |
| Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter | Wawona | Mariposa County | Elementary | 15 | · |
| Bill M. Manes High | Winterhaven | Imperial County | High | 14 | · |
| Clover Valley High (Continuation) | Upper Lake | Lake County | High | 14 | · |
| Garfield Center | Clovis | Fresno County | Combined | 14 | · |
| Honcut | Oroville | Butte County | Elementary | 14 | · |
| Lindsay Community Day | Lindsay | Tulare County | High | 14 | · |
| Mountain House Elementary | Byron | Alameda County | Elementary | 14 | · |
| Palm Canyon | Hacienda Heights | Los Angeles County | Combined | 14 | · |
| Paramount Unified Community Day | Paramount | Los Angeles County | High | 14 | · |
| Placer County Court | Auburn | Placer County | Combined | 14 | · |
| Sentinel High | Waterford | Stanislaus County | High | 14 | · |
| Success Learning Center | Hawthorne | Los Angeles County | Combined | 14 | · |
| Sunrise Continuation High | Avenal | Kings County | High | 14 | · |
| Vine Street Community Day | Porterville | Tulare County | High | 14 | · |
| Woodruff Academy | Downey | Los Angeles County | High | 14 | · |
| Albion Elementary | Albion | Mendocino County | Elementary | 13 | · |
| Amador County Special Education | Jackson | Amador County | Combined | 13 | · |
| Bishop Independent Study | Big Pine | Inyo County | High | 13 | · |
| Brea Online Academy | Brea | Orange County | Elementary | 13 | · |
| Burney Community Day | Burney | Shasta County | High | 13 | · |
| Calaveras County Special Education (SELPA) | Angels Camp | Calaveras County | Combined | 13 | · |
| Crossroads Academy | Napa | Napa County | High | 13 | · |
| Eagle Canyon High | Templeton | San Luis Obispo County | High | 13 | · |
| Exeter Community Day | Exeter | Tulare County | Combined | 13 | · |
| Greenfield Community | Bakersfield | Kern County | Elementary | 13 | · |
| Honeydew Elementary | Honeydew | Humboldt County | Elementary | 13 | · |
| Mendocino County Community | Ukiah | Mendocino County | High | 13 | · |
| Mountain Oaks High | North Fork | Madera County | High | 13 | · |
| North State Aspire Academy | Anderson | Shasta County | Elementary | 13 | · |
| Ramona Opportunity High | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County | High | 13 | · |
| Redondo Beach Virtual Learning | Redondo Beach | Los Angeles County | Combined | 13 | · |
| Soldier Mountain High (Continuation) | McArthur | Shasta County | High | 13 | · |
| Sunrise High (Continuation) | Pine Valley | San Diego County | High | 13 | · |
| Trinity Center Elementary | Trinity Center | Trinity County | Elementary | 13 | · |
| Valley Community Day | Hacienda Heights | Los Angeles County | High | 13 | · |
| Warner High | Alturas | Modoc County | High | 13 | · |
| Woodlake Community Day | Woodlake | Tulare County | High | 13 | · |
| Blue Ridge | South Lake Tahoe | El Dorado County | Combined | 12 | · |
| Bridges Community Day | San Juan Capistrano | Orange County | High | 12 | · |
| Coastal Buttes Academy | Williams | Colusa County | Combined | 12 | · |
| Community High (Continuation) | Pacific Grove | Monterey County | High | 12 | · |
| Crossroads High | Concord | Contra Costa County | High | 12 | · |
| Edna Beaman Elementary | Benton | Mono County | Elementary | 12 | · |
| Fallbrook Virtual Academy | Fallbrook | San Diego County | Elementary | 12 | · |
| Gateway Community Day | Shasta Lake | Shasta County | High | 12 | · |
| Gene Drevno Community Day | Torrance | Los Angeles County | High | 12 | · |
| Guerneville Primary | Guerneville | Sonoma County | Elementary | 12 | · |
| Hanford Elementary Community Day | Hanford | Kings County | Elementary | 12 | · |
| Indian Diggings Elementary | Somerset | El Dorado County | Elementary | 12 | · |
| Jack Norton Elementary | Hoopa | Humboldt County | Elementary | 12 | · |
| Laton Online Academy | Laton | Fresno County | Combined | 12 | · |
| Murrieta Options Academy | Murrieta | Riverside County | High | 12 | · |
| Pacifica Independent Home Study | Pacifica | San Mateo County | Elementary | 12 | · |
| Soledad Transition Center | Soledad | Monterey County | High | 12 | · |
| Adult Transition Program | San Dimas | Los Angeles County | High | 11 | · |
| Alternative Learning Academy at Conley-Caraballo High | Hayward | Alameda County | High | 11 | · |
| BASES Learning Center | Oroville | Butte County | Combined | 11 | · |
| Cold Stream Alternative | Truckee | Nevada County | Combined | 11 | · |
| Fall River Community Day | McArthur | Shasta County | High | 11 | · |
| Gateway Center | San Mateo | San Mateo County | High | 11 | · |
| Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community | El Centro | Imperial County | Combined | 11 | · |
| Jan Work Community | Mammoth Lakes | Mono County | High | 11 | · |
| Pacific Valley (K-12) | Big Sur | Monterey County | Combined | 11 | · |
| Parkfield Elementary | San Miguel | Monterey County | Elementary | 11 | · |
| Refugio High | Solvang | Santa Barbara County | High | 11 | · |
| San Luis Obispo County Juvenile Court | San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo County | High | 11 | · |
| Santee Alternative | Santee | San Diego County | Elementary | 11 | · |
| Vista (Alternative) | San Dimas | Los Angeles County | Combined | 11 | · |
| West Hills Juvenile Hall Court | Ukiah | Mendocino County | Combined | 11 | · |
| Arbuckle Alternative High (Continuation) | Arbuckle | Colusa County | High | 10 | · |
| Carmel Valley High | Carmel | Monterey County | High | 10 | · |
| Cedar Continuation High | O'neals | Madera County | High | 10 | · |
| County Community | Sutter Creek | Amador County | Combined | 10 | · |
| Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center | Lancaster | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 10 | · |
| Hoaglin-Zenia Elementary | Zenia | Trinity County | Elementary | 10 | · |
| Hot Springs Elementary | California Hot Springs | Tulare County | Elementary | 10 | · |
| Loconoma Valley High | Middletown | Lake County | High | 10 | · |
| Madison Community High | Madison | Yolo County | High | 10 | · |
| Maple Creek Elementary | Korbel | Humboldt County | Elementary | 10 | · |
| Mendota Community Day | Mendota | Fresno County | High | 10 | · |
| Mountain View High (Continuation) | Burney | Shasta County | High | 10 | · |
| Pathway Community Day | Fresno | Fresno County | High | 10 | · |
| Pomona Alternative | Pomona | Los Angeles County | Combined | 10 | · |
| Rio Del Rey High (Continuation) | Helm | Fresno County | High | 10 | · |
| Sam Webb Continuation | Holtville | Imperial County | High | 10 | · |
| Santa Clara Community Day | Santa Clara | Santa Clara County | High | 10 | · |
| Sierra Alternative High | Tollhouse | Fresno County | High | 10 | · |
| Silver Fork Elementary | Kyburz | El Dorado County | Elementary | 10 | · |
| BUSD School of Opportunity | Barstow | San Bernardino County | High | 9 | · |
| Bellflower Alternative Education Center | Bellflower | Los Angeles County | Combined | 9 | · |
| Comptche Elementary | Comptche | Mendocino County | Elementary | 9 | · |
| Divide High | Georgetown | El Dorado County | High | 9 | · |
| Dunham Elementary | Petaluma | Sonoma County | Elementary | 9 | · |
| Educational Training Center | Needles | San Bernardino County | High | 9 | · |
| Ella Barkley High | Hamilton City | Glenn County | High | 9 | · |
| Fort Sage Middle | Herlong | Lassen County | Middle | 9 | · |
| Humboldt County Office of Education Juvenile Hall Court | Eureka | Humboldt County | Combined | 9 | · |
| Jewel City Community Day | Glendale | Los Angeles County | High | 9 | · |
| Laguna Elementary | Petaluma | Marin County | Elementary | 9 | · |
| Learners Empowered Academic Progress (LEAP) | Angels Camp | Calaveras County | Middle | 9 | · |
| Long Barn High | Long Barn | Tuolumne County | High | 9 | · |
| Osprey Learning Center | Redway | Humboldt County | High | 9 | · |
| STRIVE Academy | Selma | Fresno County | High | 9 | · |
| Saint Helena Opportunities Program | St. Helena | Napa County | High | 9 | · |
| Sierra High (Continuation) | Mammoth Lakes | Mono County | High | 9 | · |
| Yreka Union High Community Day | Yreka | Siskiyou County | High | 9 | · |
| Buena Vista High | Geyserville | Sonoma County | High | 8 | · |
| CDS Bishop Elementary | Bishop | Inyo County | Elementary | 8 | · |
| Canyon Oaks Youth Center | Redwood City | San Mateo County | High | 8 | · |
| Columbia Academy | Corning | Tehama County | Elementary | 8 | · |
| Dan Jacobs | Woodland | Yolo County | High | 8 | · |
| Firebaugh Community Day | Firebaugh | Fresno County | Combined | 8 | · |
| Gold Ridge Educational Center | Sonora | Tuolumne County | Combined | 8 | · |
| Kashia Elementary | Stewarts Point | Sonoma County | Elementary | 8 | · |
| Mendocino Alternative | Mendocino | Mendocino County | Combined | 8 | · |
| Mokelumne High (Continuation) | Courtland | Sacramento County | High | 8 | · |
| Oakendell Community | San Andreas | Calaveras County | High | 8 | · |
| Orick Elementary | Orick | Humboldt County | Elementary | 8 | · |
| Osprey Learning Center (Alternative) | Redway | Humboldt County | Combined | 8 | · |
| Plumas County Community | Quincy | Plumas County | High | 8 | · |
| South Coast Continuation | Point Arena | Mendocino County | High | 8 | · |
| Wheatland Community Day High | Wheatland | Yuba County | High | 8 | · |
| Coffee Creek Elementary | Trinity Center | Trinity County | Elementary | 7 | · |
| Coulterville High | Coulterville | Mariposa County | High | 7 | · |
| Cutler-Orosi Community Day | Cutler | Tulare County | High | 7 | · |
| Horizon High | Riverdale | Fresno County | High | 7 | · |
| Jill Kinmont Boothe | Bishop | Inyo County | High | 7 | · |
| Lighthouse Community Day | Fort Bragg | Mendocino County | High | 7 | · |
| McCloud High | McCloud | Siskiyou County | High | 7 | · |
| Palisades High (Continuation) | Calistoga | Napa County | High | 7 | · |
| Panoche Elementary | Paicines | San Benito County | Elementary | 7 | · |
| Reef-Sunset Secondary Community Day | Avenal | Kings County | High | 7 | · |
| San Benito County Juvenile Hall Court | Hollister | San Benito County | Combined | 7 | · |
| Southern Trinity High | Mad River | Trinity County | High | 7 | · |
| Whale Gulch High | Whitethorn | Mendocino County | High | 7 | · |
| York Alternative Learning Center | Dublin | Alameda County | Combined | 7 | · |
| Bear Valley Elementary | Bear Valley | Alpine County | Elementary | 6 | · |
| CDS Home Street | Bishop | Inyo County | Middle | 6 | · |
| Community Day | Sunnyvale | Santa Clara County | High | 6 | · |
| Compton Community Day High | Compton | Los Angeles County | High | 6 | · |
| J. C. Montgomery | Hanford | Kings County | High | 6 | · |
| Kelseyville Community Day | Kelseyville | Lake County | High | 6 | · |
| Lassen County Special Education | Susanville | Lassen County | Combined | 6 | · |
| Moreno High (Continuation) | Beverly Hills | Los Angeles County | High | 6 | · |
| Opal Cliffs | Capitola | Santa Cruz County | Elementary | 6 | · |
| Portola Opportunity | Quincy | Plumas County | Elementary | 6 | · |
| Redondo Beach Learning Academy | Redondo Beach | Los Angeles County | High | 6 | · |
| Shereene Wilkerson Academy of Excellence | Vacaville | Solano County | High | 6 | · |
| Atwater Senior Academy | Atwater | Merced County | Middle | 5 | · |
| County Community | Mariposa | Mariposa County | Combined | 5 | · |
| Earle Jamieson Educational Options | Nevada City | Nevada County | High | 5 | · |
| Etiwanda Community Day | Etiwanda | San Bernardino County | Middle | 5 | · |
| Happy Valley Community Day | Anderson | Shasta County | Elementary | 5 | · |
| Heritage Community Day | Oroville | Butte County | Middle | 5 | · |
| Klamath River Elementary | Horse Creek | Siskiyou County | Elementary | 5 | · |
| Lassen Community Day | Susanville | Lassen County | High | 5 | · |
| Leffingwell High (Continuation) | Cambria | San Luis Obispo County | High | 5 | · |
| Miles W. Culwell Community Day | Coalinga | Fresno County | High | 5 | · |
| Mission Community Day | Corcoran | Kings County | High | 5 | · |
| Oroville High Community Day | Oroville | Butte County | High | 5 | · |
| Palermo Community Day | Palermo | Butte County | Elementary | 5 | · |
| Santee Success Program | Santee | San Diego County | Elementary | 5 | · |
| Shelter Cove | Fort Bragg | Mendocino County | Middle | 5 | · |
| Sierra Pass (Continuation) | Loyalton | Sierra County | High | 5 | · |
| Tulare County Community | Visalia | Tulare County | High | 5 | · |
| Valley High | Hayfork | Trinity County | High | 5 | · |
| Yosemite School Community Day (K-6) | Manteca | San Joaquin County | Elementary | 5 | · |
| Casterlin High | Blocksburg | Humboldt County | High | 4 | · |
| Death Valley High Academy | Shoshone | Inyo County | High | 4 | · |
| Eastern Alpine Academy - A California Opportunity School | Markleeville | Alpine County | Combined | 4 | · |
| Fowler Academy Independent Study | Fowler | Fresno County | Combined | 4 | · |
| Jefferson Elementary | Paicines | San Benito County | Elementary | 4 | · |
| MacGregor High (Continuation) | Albany | Alameda County | High | 4 | · |
| Mendocino Sunrise High | Mendocino | Mendocino County | High | 4 | · |
| OUSD Community Day | Orange | Orange County | High | 4 | · |
| R.I.S.E. Academy | Weaverville | Trinity County | High | 4 | · |
| Raymond Granite High | Raymond | Madera County | High | 4 | · |
| Road to Success Academy at Campus Kilpatrick SDF | Malibu | Los Angeles County | High | 4 | · |
| South Fork High | Twain Harte | Tuolumne County | High | 4 | · |
| Southern Humboldt Community | Garberville | Humboldt County | High | 4 | · |
| Tulare City Community Day | Tulare | Tulare County | Middle | 4 | · |
| Valley Community Day | Hughson | Stanislaus County | High | 4 | · |
| Wyeka Vista Community Day School | Weed | Siskiyou County | Elementary | 4 | · |
| Blue Heron | Clearlake | Lake County | High | 3 | · |
| CDS Elementary | Chatsworth | Los Angeles County | Elementary | 3 | · |
| Clovis Community Day Elementary | Clovis | Fresno County | Middle | 3 | · |
| Evergreen Community Day School (5-8) | Cottonwood | Tehama County | Middle | 3 | · |
| Fresno Flats Community Day | Ahwahnee | Madera County | Middle | 3 | · |
| Green Point Elementary | Blue Lake | Humboldt County | Elementary | 3 | · |
| High Desert Community Day | Alturas | Modoc County | Middle | 3 | · |
| Home and Hospital Program | Oakland | Alameda County | Combined | 3 | · |
| Juniper Ridge Elementary | Termo | Lassen County | Elementary | 3 | · |
| Keith B. Bright High (Juvenile Hall) | Bishop | Inyo County | High | 3 | · |
| Lafayette Early Intervention Preschool | Lafayette | Contra Costa County | Elementary | 3 | · |
| Marin County Juvenile Court | San Rafael | Marin County | High | 3 | · |
| Monterey Peninsula UNF SCH DIST COM Day MID | Seaside | Monterey County | Middle | 3 | · |
| Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Community Day | Seaside | Monterey County | High | 3 | · |
| Mountain High | Pinecrest | Tuolumne County | High | 3 | · |
| Phoenix Academy | San Rafael | Marin County | High | 3 | · |
| Santa Margarita Academy | Fallbrook | San Diego County | Middle | 3 | · |
| Trinity River Elementary Community Day | Weaverville | Trinity County | Elementary | 3 | · |
| Valley Children's Hospital | Madera | Madera County | Combined | 3 | · |
| Yuba City Special Education Preschool | Yuba City | Sutter County | Elementary | 3 | · |
| Alta Vista | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara County | Middle | 2 | · |
| Buena Vista Community Day | Porterville | Tulare County | Middle | 2 | · |
| Cold Springs High | Long Barn | Tuolumne County | High | 2 | · |