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Largest & Smallest Public School Districts - CalEdFacts

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Report of the largest and smallest public school districts in California for the 2010-11 school year.

Largest Districts

Rank

County

District

Enrollment

Statewide Cumulative Enrollment

Percent of Cumulative Enrollment

1

Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified 667,251 667,251 10.73%

2

San Diego San Diego Unified 131,784 799,035 12.85%

3

Los Angeles Long Beach Unified 84,816 883,851 14.22%

4

Fresno Fresno Unified 74,831 958,682 15.42%

5

Sacramento Elk Grove Unified 62,416 1,021,098 16.42%

6

Orange Santa Ana Unified 57,319 1,078,417 17.35%

7

San Francisco San Francisco Unified 55,571 1,133,988 18.24%

8

San Bernardino San Bernardino City Unified 54,514 1,188,502 19.12%

9

Orange Capistrano Unified 53,192 1,241,694 19.97%

10

Riverside Corona-Norco Unified 53,148 1,294,842 20.83%

11

Orange Garden Grove Unified 48,659 1,343,501 21.61%

12

Sacramento Sacramento City Unified 47,896 1,391,397 22.38%

13

Sacramento San Juan Unified 47,116 1,438,513 23.14%

14

Alameda Oakland Unified 46,584 1,485,097 23.89%

15

Riverside Riverside Unified 42,532 1,527,629 24.57%

16

San Diego Sweetwater Union High 41,426 1,569,055 25.24%

17

San Bernardino Fontana Unified 40,841 1,609,896 25.90%

18

Fresno Clovis Unified 38,495 1,648,391 26.51%

19

San Joaquin Stockton Unified 38,252 1,686,643 27.13%

20

Kern Kern Union High 37,452 1,724,095 27.73%
21 Riverside Moreno Valley Unified 36,615 1,760,710 28.32%
22 San Diego Poway Unified 34,135 1,794,845 28.87%
23 Contra Costa Mt. Diablo Unified 34,116 1,828,961 29.42%
24 Orange Anaheim Union High 33,156 1,862,117 29.95%
25 Santa Clara San Jose Unified 33,018 1,895,135 30.48%

Smallest Districts

Rank

County

District

Enrollment

Statewide Cumulative Enrollment

Percent of Cumulative Enrollment
1013 Shasta Whitmore Union Elementary 19 6,216,725 100.00%
1014 Riverside Desert Center Unified 18 6,216,743 100.00%
1015 El Dorado Indian Diggings Elementary 18 6,216,761 100.00%
1016 Siskiyou Klamath River Union Elementary 17 6,216,778 100.00%
1017 Shasta Oak Run Elementary 16 6,216,794 100.00%
1018 Siskiyou Bogus Elementary 16 6,216,810 100.00%
1019 San Benito Jefferson Elementary 14 6,216,824 100.00%

1020

Tehama Plum Valley Elementary 13 6,216,837 100.00%

1021

Tulare Hot Springs Elementary 13 6,216,850 100.00%

1022

Tehama Elkins Elementary 13 6,216,863 100.00%

1023

Trinity Cox Bar Elementary 12 6,216,875 100.00%

1024

El Dorado Silver Fork Elementary 12 6,216,887 100.00%

1025

Plumas Plumas County Office of Education 12 6,216,899 100.00%

1026

Marin Lincoln Elementary 12 6,216,911 100.00%

1027

San Benito Willow Grove Union Elementary 11 6,216,922 100.00%

1028

Humboldt Maple Creek Elementary 10 6,216,932 100.00%

1029

Sonoma Kashia Elementary 10 6,216,942 100.00%

1030

Siskiyou Forks of Salmon Elementary 10 6,216,952 100.00%

1031

San Benito Panoche Elementary 10 6,216,962 100.00%

1032

Marin Union Joint Elementary 9 6,216,971 100.00%

1033

Kern Blake Elementary 8 6,216,979 100.00%

1034

Humboldt Green Point Elementary 7 6,216,986 100.00%

1035

Stanislaus La Grange Elementary 7 6,216,993 100.00%

1036

Trinity Coffee Creek Elementary 6 6,216,999 100.00%

1037

Sierra Sierra County Office of Education 3 6,217,002 100.00%

The statewide total enrollment is 6,217,002.

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