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Public schools by city in California

479 California cities have at least 5 public schools with a local mailing address. Each city page lists every school by level with its district, enrollment, and staffing. Smaller communities remain available through the California district directory and search.

Cities with the most public schools

All California cities A–Z

CitySchoolsHigh schoolsCharterStudents
Acton5125,226
Adelanto12127,698
Agoura6203,790
Alameda195310,739
Albany6203,684
Alhambra11209,632
Aliso Viejo9127,045
Alpine6011,723
Alta Loma13109,352
Altadena5022,447
Alturas730766
American Canyon5104,549
Anaheim7113649,673
Anderson15533,270
Antelope11308,272
Antioch285315,422
Apple Valley162115,102
Aptos6213,124
Arcadia12109,697
Arcata12462,903
Arleta6113,282
Arroyo Grande8204,667
Artesia5002,403
Arvin6105,685
Atascadero9303,976
Atherton5104,524
Atwater14308,780
Auburn10333,853
Avenal7302,424
Azusa10204,702
Bakersfield152214124,617
Baldwin Park15309,272
Banning12304,034
Barstow14416,444
Beaumont152218,310
Bell8115,100
Bell Gardens7105,829
Bellflower12304,974
Belmont6105,336
Benicia7204,341
Berkeley18209,116
Beverly Hills6203,073
Bishop10401,947
Bloomington9206,109
Blythe6202,610
Brawley11306,119
Brea10205,740
Brentwood174016,007
Buena Park14208,024
Burbank205014,143
Burlingame10205,082
Burney730631
Calabasas8105,227
Calexico12308,022
Camarillo247411,769
Campbell6144,001
Canoga Park13246,752
Canyon Country11107,565
Carlsbad234015,738
Carmel5201,658
Carmichael16128,640
Carpinteria5101,861
Carson246112,126
Castaic7113,621
Castro Valley16309,548
Cathedral City9206,752
Ceres225212,265
Cerritos175011,448
Chatsworth10434,901
Chico338915,171
Chino183212,257
Chino Hills164013,231
Chowchilla9203,633
Chula Vista70131551,159
Citrus Heights12205,838
Claremont11206,120
Clearlake6002,000
Cloverdale6301,293
Clovis325327,209
Coachella10126,754
Coalinga8303,304
Colton161110,678
Colusa5201,470
Compton407417,761
Concord277215,101
Corcoran8303,175
Corning11303,404
Corona407332,764
Coronado5102,757
Costa Mesa297311,897
Cottonwood10123,076
Covina184011,254
Crescent City12323,615
Cudahy5003,551
Culver City12207,652
Cupertino133011,723
Cypress9218,053
Daly City20418,164
Danville142010,549
Davis17318,241
Delano184412,206
Delhi5102,276
Denair7131,436
Desert Hot Springs8106,296
Diamond Bar10108,396
Dinuba12306,383
Dixon8313,404
Dos Palos5102,183
Downey236022,630
Duarte7323,299
Dublin164012,750
East Palo Alto7342,209
Eastvale81012,331
El Cajon439728,054
El Centro255311,320
El Cerrito8324,600
El Dorado Hills151615,060
El Monte265014,878
El Segundo9645,267
Elk Grove398339,658
Encinitas11226,273
Encino5022,155
Escalon6212,787
Escondido389827,663
Etiwanda101010,312
Eureka24556,115
Exeter7202,597
Fair Oaks10506,384
Fairfield349021,611
Fallbrook12305,729
Farmersville7202,346
Fillmore8203,413
Firebaugh6202,232
Folsom173013,751
Fontana578442,059
Fort Bragg8311,750
Fortuna8312,194
Foster City6002,652
Fountain Valley165111,792
Fowler8302,371
Fremont479133,394
Fresno1903620119,839
Fullerton265018,906
Galt10305,375
Garden Grove526028,816
Gardena15437,720
Gilroy175110,763
Glendale243017,096
Glendora16507,350
Goleta8115,037
Granada Hills143415,359
Granite Bay6104,149
Grass Valley24767,605
Greenfield6104,593
Gridley6202,307
Gustine5201,402
Hacienda Heights16409,117
Half Moon Bay5202,325
Hanford318814,517
Harbor City6302,934
Hawthorne224313,036
Hayward4411621,912
Healdsburg6201,462
Hemet225120,811
Hercules5102,653
Hesperia298624,898
Highland15227,906
Hilmar5202,158
Hollister214210,940
Holtville6201,574
Hoopa520689
Hughson7302,476
Huntington Beach305121,462
Huntington Park259914,548
Imperial6204,794
Imperial Beach7113,114
Indio204013,711
Inglewood238129,311
Irvine537446,183
Jackson6201,614
Julian5121,307
Jurupa Valley264018,698
Kelseyville8311,882
Kerman9305,272
King City10303,980
Kingsburg12373,934
La Crescenta10208,198
La Habra14209,206
La Jolla6214,155
La Mesa162411,963
La Mirada10205,534
La Palma5104,346
La Puente255010,440
La Quinta8205,316
La Verne6204,305
Lafayette7104,486
Laguna Niguel9024,400
Lake Arrowhead5202,041
Lake Balboa11427,459
Lake Elsinore213215,632
Lake Forest9116,971
Lakeport7301,382
Lakeside13226,631
Lakewood205013,188
Lancaster4610534,110
Lathrop8247,784
Lawndale13518,478
Lemon Grove7002,530
Lemoore14446,077
Lennox7114,529
Lincoln153211,117
Lindsay11313,928
Live Oak8212,954
Livermore195012,945
Livingston7103,808
Lodi254214,587
Lompoc16428,384
Long Beach7617556,031
Loomis6114,010
Los Alamitos8107,981
Los Altos11116,299
Los Angeles563143166252,332
Los Banos185011,180
Los Gatos11116,538
Lower Lake5201,809
Loyalton520369
Lucerne Valley6226,077
Lynwood183111,236
Madera4811624,958
Malibu5201,067
Mammoth Lakes6301,098
Manhattan Beach8105,887
Manteca195016,502
Maricopa51213,903
Marina7212,726
Mariposa8201,438
Martinez11304,647
Marysville17346,261
Maywood6203,921
McFarland7203,282
McKinleyville6201,524
Mendota7303,977
Menifee203217,929
Menlo Park7113,423
Merced369122,528
Middletown6221,147
Mill Valley7103,779
Millbrae5102,944
Milpitas153010,076
Mission Viejo234114,270
Modesto77111050,942
Monrovia11204,920
Montague600472
Montclair11107,608
Montebello13509,482
Monterey5123,356
Monterey Park9005,490
Moorpark11315,671
Moraga5103,145
Moreno Valley499438,466
Morgan Hill12327,290
Mountain House8107,742
Mountain View15207,254
Murrieta244024,487
Napa277212,006
National City162210,802
Needles530811
Nevada City9142,568
Newark10304,661
Newbury Park8105,502
Newhall7105,165
Newman7202,950
Newport Beach10219,084
Nipomo5202,762
Norco9206,278
North Highlands12315,298
North Hills16339,365
North Hollywood274214,941
Northridge15269,133
Norwalk222011,136
Novato16417,468
O'Neals632857
Oak Park8204,437
Oakdale10315,642
Oakhurst9521,463
Oakland124313447,127
Oakley11108,330
Oceanside386527,386
Ojai9212,083
Olivehurst8205,059
Ontario407025,478
Orange284413,800
Orange Cove5102,364
Orangevale12135,617
Orinda6103,757
Orland11423,072
Oroville29547,574
Oxnard5310139,355
Pacific Grove6212,224
Pacifica9203,851
Pacoima12165,884
Palm Desert7236,025
Palm Springs8114,657
Palmdale455335,713
Palo Alto17209,360
Palos Verdes Estates5102,964
Panorama City11205,997
Paradise12331,775
Paramount14109,777
Parlier8203,715
Pasadena248615,254
Paso Robles14316,981
Patterson9205,778
Perris328222,570
Petaluma3961410,962
Phelan10316,657
Pico Rivera15206,946
Piedmont7202,447
Pine Valley741885
Pinole7103,518
Pittsburg153111,358
Placentia183011,461
Placerville15226,958
Pleasant Hill14307,924
Pleasanton173013,302
Pomona369319,688
Porterville346421,129
Poway132220,823
Quincy7311,016
Ramona11304,945
Rancho Cordova223210,770
Rancho Cucamonga132012,924
Rancho Palos Verdes10005,676
Rancho Santa Margarita8004,710
Red Bluff16334,848
Redding42101115,070
Redlands256622,939
Redondo Beach13309,441
Redwood City215510,524
Reedley15316,121
Reseda218511,539
Rialto274120,360
Richmond3391115,645
Ridgecrest13424,562
Rio Linda7124,973
Ripon8214,885
Riverbank6213,177
Riverdale6201,520
Riverside8519456,725
Rocklin225414,287
Rohnert Park14426,657
Rosamond6203,636
Rosemead14106,923
Roseville396227,586
Rowland Heights9205,125
Sacramento2034637131,990
Salinas6513337,670
San Andreas8521,674
San Bernardino83131147,639
San Bruno8103,856
San Carlos10013,252
San Clemente11108,374
San Diego2825145162,384
San Dimas11305,672
San Fernando15629,043
San Francisco132271456,505
San Gabriel13417,478
San Jacinto185111,931
San Jose2184547121,338
San Juan Capistrano167510,130
San Leandro182010,426
San Lorenzo11426,477
San Luis Obispo16525,979
San Marcos236618,583
San Mateo237012,135
San Pablo10114,565
San Pedro17519,138
San Rafael20609,128
San Ramon204016,602
San Ysidro6003,195
Sanger14318,832
Santa Ana81161452,826
Santa Barbara357413,272
Santa Clara245011,170
Santa Clarita11616,720
Santa Cruz27818,825
Santa Fe Springs5103,597
Santa Maria374230,849
Santa Monica14217,944
Santa Paula14205,255
Santa Rosa6272228,038
Santee12208,650
Saratoga10215,481
Saugus8106,754
Seaside12314,403
Sebastopol14164,145
Selma12405,911
Shafter7204,382
Shasta Lake6301,657
Sherman Oaks6053,412
Shingle Springs5112,670
Simi Valley4051338,304
Soledad11304,873
Sonoma8212,907
Sonora12312,697
South Gate278416,695
South Lake Tahoe10303,539
South Pasadena5104,652
South San Francisco14406,475
Spring Valley153210,276
St. Helena5201,104
Stockton126242974,247
Strathmore5211,808
Sun Valley14548,395
Sunnyvale192012,162
Susanville12412,380
Sutter Creek5201,105
Sylmar17758,180
Taft8203,553
Tarzana5033,333
Tehachapi8314,770
Temecula3451035,868
Temple City9204,935
Templeton7302,214
Thermal9307,330
Thousand Oaks212510,504
Tollhouse520642
Torrance367023,238
Tracy3761120,915
Truckee7212,707
Tujunga5212,263
Tulare317218,061
Turlock184214,291
Tustin183010,472
Twentynine Palms7102,931
Ukiah18545,964
Union City111110,025
Upland15219,461
Upper Lake530933
Vacaville216314,931
Valencia133111,730
Vallejo245711,467
Valley Center9323,551
Van Nuys217513,846
Ventura285215,018
Victorville4110630,649
Visalia52121032,998
Vista266715,137
Walnut10208,338
Walnut Creek15319,933
Wasco10205,569
Waterford8222,696
Watsonville275613,694
Weaverville640644
West Covina255114,832
West Hills8063,499
West Sacramento17348,735
Westlake Village5113,483
Westminster192011,701
Wheatland5302,091
Whittier447025,230
Wildomar8215,748
Williams6301,358
Willits10431,852
Willows7311,659
Wilmington12318,560
Winchester7127,511
Windsor7414,134
Winterhaven530575
Winters5201,635
Winton5002,102
Woodlake7302,081
Woodland19509,158
Woodland Hills1331111,611
Yorba Linda12127,707
Yreka10411,725
Yuba City266413,166
Yucaipa14328,799
Yucca Valley6203,469