Enrollment/Number of Schools by Grade Span & Type - CalEdFacts

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Report of enrollment and number of schools in California public schools by grade span and type of school for the 2010-11 school year.

Elementary Schools

Grade Span	Number of Schools	Enrollment
K	17	2,236
K–1	26	5,229
K–2	47	16,883
K–3	79	26,713
K–4	75	31,259
K–5	2,193	1,198,961
K–6	2,123	1,223,029
K–7	141	80,278
K–8	703	325,761
1–5	12	5,904
3–5	21	9,051
4–5	12	3,531
4–6	17	7,183
4–8	13	3,358
Other†	273	111,056
Total	5,752	3,050,432

Middle/Junior High Schools

Grade Span	Number of Schools	Enrollment
4–8	17	9,244
5–8	105	79,141
6–8	700	589,416
7–8	273	218,463
Other†	208	154,446
Total	1,303	1,050,710

Kindergarten–Grade 12 Schools

Grade Span	Number of Schools	Enrollment
K–12	90	74,119
Other†	89	26,812
Total	179	100,931

High Schools

Grade Span	Number of Schools	Enrollment
6–12	39	27,523
7–12	77	84,775
8–12	153	275,639
9–11	21	8,572
9–12	753	1,079,571
10–12	11	4,724
Other†	235	327,793
Total	1,289	1,808,597

Community Day Schools

Grade Span	Number of Schools	Enrollment
6–8	13	153
7–8	22	171
7–12	33	2,395
8–8	10	46
8–12	13	1953
9–12	29	956
10–12	10	103
Other†	153	3,147
Total	283	8,924

Alternative Schools

Grade Span	Number of Schools	Enrollment
K–8	16	2,967
K–12	16	5,993
7–12	12	3,733
9–12	80	21,983
Other†	123	29,562
Total	247	64,238

Continuation High Schools

Grade Span	Number of Schools	Enrollment
9–12	173	28,184
10–12	191	26,590
11–12	64	7,111
Other†	69	7,622
Total	497	69,507

Nonpublic Nonsectarian School§

Total Enrollment: 8,229

All Other School Types††

Grade Span	Number of Schools	Enrollment
K–12	15	2,833
Other†	337	52,601
Total	352	55,434

State Totals

Number of Schools	Enrollment
10,221	6,217,002

*Grade span is the range of grade levels for which a school has reported enrollment. It may not represent all grade levels that a school supports. For instance, a small school may serve grades K–6, but if no kindergartners were enrolled in 2008-09, the grade span would be 1–6.

†Represents schools with various grade spans that are uncommon (fewer than 10 schools with those particular grade spans).

††Includes juvenile hall/court, county community, opportunity, California Education Authority, special education, preschool (with K-12 enrollment), district office, and state special schools.

§Nonpublic nonsectarian schools (NPSs) are CDE-certified private, nonsectarian schools that enroll individuals with exceptional needs that the district cannot provide services for. Prior to October 2006, data collected for students at NPSs were reported at the student’s home school.

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