2024-25 Annual Enrollment Report

Utilizing census day information (the first Wednesday in October), the Annual Enrollment Report displays the annual transitional kindergarten to grade twelve (TK–12) public school enrollment by student race/ethnicity and grade level. DataQuest users can examine these data by overall statewide totals or by county, district, or school.

Key Takeaways

• Overall, statewide enrollment in 2024–25 decreased -0.54 percent to 5,806,221 students, though the decline is at a slower rate than the decreases that occurred during 2019–20 and immediately after.
• Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students experienced the largest numerical increase of all program participation groups from 2023–24 to 2024–25.
• Enrollment for non-charter schools continues to steadily drop, while enrollment continues to slightly increase for charter schools.
• In examining enrollment data by grade level, it was found that statewide TK enrollment increased from 151,491 in 2023–24 to 177,570 in 2024–25, representing a 17.2 percent increase from last year to this year.
  • Enrollment in TK has increased since 2023–24 for every single race/ethnicity category.
  • Enrollment in TK has also increased for critical program participation groups including socioeconomically disadvantaged, students with disabilities, homeless youth, and migrant.
  • TK students who are English Learners (EL) experienced a -99.8 percent difference from 2023–24 to 2024–25 – this is attributed to the passage of Assembly Bill 22668 (AB 2268) which states that LEAs are no longer able to test TK students in the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California beginning with the 2024–25 academic year.