California Public Schools

California is the #1 largest school system in the United States, serving 6,174,224 students across 10,181 public schools. There are 241 Blue Ribbon Schools, 282 magnet schools, 906 charter schools, and 146 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(CA) School Average
% American Indian		 1%
% Asian		 11%
% Hispanic		 51%
% Black		 7%
% White		 27%
Unknown		 3%

California Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Alameda County 125 89 264
2. Alpine County 1 3 2
3. Amador County 9 4 9
4. Butte County 30 24 52
5. Calaveras County 14 7 15
6. Colusa County 15 9 10
7. Contra Costa County 69 57 171
8. Del Norte County 9 3 11
9. El Dorado County 26 20 39
10. Fresno County 98 72 220
11. Glenn County 15 9 15
12. Humboldt County 37 17 60
13. Imperial County 21 13 41
14. Inyo County 16 6 9
15. Kern County 63 58 165
16. Kings County 23 19 40
17. Lake County 26 18 23
18. Lassen County 19 13 19
19. Los Angeles County 562 431 1417
20. Madera County 35 31 47
21. Marin County 21 13 44
22. Mariposa County 8 3 9
23. Mendocino County 32 23 39
24. Merced County 37 26 62
25. Modoc County 11 7 9
26. Mono County 11 4 7
27. Monterey County 39 32 90
28. Napa County 14 11 27
29. Nevada County 21 18 37
30. Orange County 124 105 415
31. Placer County 26 22 71
32. Plumas County 10 5 9
33. Riverside County 120 109 318
34. Sacramento County 102 76 263
35. San Benito County 5 3 15
36. San Bernardino County 138 113 372
37. San Diego County 191 169 500
38. San Francisco County 34 22 79
39. San Joaquin County 95 74 161
40. San Luis Obispo County 28 18 51
41. San Mateo County 37 31 110
42. Santa Barbara County 33 26 83
43. Santa Clara County 84 74 264
44. Santa Cruz County 24 18 49
45. Shasta County 36 27 66
46. Sierra County 6 3 3
47. Siskiyou County 26 19 37
48. Solano County 38 25 70
49. Sonoma County 53 42 122
50. Stanislaus County 52 42 121
51. Sutter County 15 7 27
52. Tehama County 16 12 31
53. Trinity County 8 2 14
54. Tulare County 60 51 123
55. Tuolumne County 19 14 18
56. Ventura County 59 53 159
57. Yolo County 23 13 36
58. Yuba County 13 8 24

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