Largest Schools in California
California has 10,006 public schools across 1,971 districts with a total enrollment of 5,837,868 students. The largest school is River Springs Charter in Temecula.
Largest Schools in California
| # | School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Springs Charter | Temecula | 6,886 |
| 2 | Blue Ridge Academy | Maricopa | 6,751 |
| 3 | Highlands Community Charter | Sacramento | 6,749 |
| 4 | Visions In Education | Carmichael | 6,591 |
| 5 | Granada Hills Charter | Granada Hills | 5,869 |
| 6 | California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles | Simi Valley | 5,407 |
| 7 | California Connections Academy Southern California | San Juan Capistrano | 5,141 |
| 8 | Pacific Coast Academy | Poway | 4,891 |
| 9 | Mission Vista Academy | Beaumont | 4,794 |
| 10 | Heartland Charter | Maricopa | 4,700 |
Largest Districts in California
| # | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified | 426,268 |
| 2 | San Diego Unified | 93,694 |
| 3 | Fresno Unified | 69,424 |
| 4 | Long Beach Unified | 65,129 |
| 5 | Elk Grove Unified | 61,886 |
| 6 | Corona-Norco Unified | 50,682 |
| 7 | San Francisco Unified | 48,722 |
| 8 | San Bernardino City Unified | 45,852 |
| 9 | Clovis Unified | 42,771 |
| 10 | Kern High | 42,667 |
School data for California is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results.
Frequently Asked Questions
The largest public school in California by enrollment is River Springs Charter in Temecula with 6,886 students.
California has 10,006 public schools across 1,971 school districts, with a total enrollment of 5,837,868 students.
All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. This includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates.
School data includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates from NCES and EDFacts.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.