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Best California School Districts (2025-26)

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 2058 top school districts in California, serving 5,826,818 students.
The most diverse district is The Academy Of Alameda School District, with a diversity score of 0.81.
The largest school district is Los Angeles Unified School District, serving 418,497 students.
The highest graduation rate school district is California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley School District, with 99% graduation rate.

Top California School Districts (2025-26)

School District
# Students
Diversity Score
Graduation %
School District
1,562
0.11
n/a
ABC Unified School District
18,034
0.66
95%
Able Charter School District
1,191
0.53
92%
Academia Avance Charter School District
241
0.12
90%
Academia Moderna School District
444
0.01
n/a
Academy For Academic Excellence School District
1,496
0.63
95%
Acalanes Union High School District
5,389
0.6
97%
Accelerated Charter Elementary School District
517
0.03
n/a
Accelerated School District
745
0.03
n/a
ACE Charter High School District
341
0.06
87%
ACE Empower Academy School District
193
0.05
n/a
ACE Esperanza Middle School District
230
0.12
n/a
ACE Inspire Academy School District
219
0.07
n/a
Achieve Academy School District
542
0.2
n/a
Achieve Charter School Of Chico School District
215
0.46
n/a
Achieve Charter School Of Paradise Inc. School District
141
0.46
n/a
Ackerman Charter School District
603
0.45
n/a
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
1,021
0.54
95%
Adelante Charter School District
306
0.3
n/a
Adelanto Elementary School District
7,553
0.5
n/a
Aerostem Academy School District
107
0.64
50%
Agnes J. Johnson Charter School District
89
0.28
n/a
Aims College Prep High School District
368
0.71
95%
Aims College Prep Middle School District
212
0.71
n/a
Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy School District
1,189
0.37
68%
Alameda Community Learning Center School District
389
0.79
90%
Alameda County Office Of Education School District
259
0.61
45%
Alameda Unified School District
9,035
0.77
94%
Albany City Unified School District
3,567
0.76
94%
Albert Einstein Academies School District
1,438
0.56
n/a
Alder Grove Charter School 2 School District
438
0.53
90%
Alexander Valley Union Elementary School District
115
0.48
n/a
Alhambra Unified School District
14,549
0.57
95%
Alisal Union School District
7,339
0.07
n/a
All Tribes Charter School District
63
0.34
50%
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