Fingertip Facts on Education in California

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Report of various statistics about California's public schools and districts for the 2020–21 school year.

Source: The student enrollment and teacher data are derived from data collected through the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS). Enrollment data come from the annual CALPADS Fall 1 submission and teacher data come from the annual CALPADS Fall 2 submission.

Enrollment and number of school districts by type: 2021–22

District Type	Number of Districts
Unified	345
Elementary	519
High	76
Other	81
Total	1,021

Enrollment and number of public schools by type: 2021–22

School Type	Enrollment	Number of Schools
Elementary	2,748,015	5,872
K-12	297,628	372
Middle	866,921	1,258
Junior high	29,026	50
High	1,716,334	1,297
Continuation	46,143	418
Alternative	132,890	319
Community day	2,022	111
Special education	18,792	137
Other	34,469	724
Total*	5,892,240	10,558

*The total enrollment count includes students enrolled in charter schools.

Enrollment and number of charter schools by type: 2021–22

School Type	Enrollment	Number of Schools
Elementary	219,602	553
K-12	267,783	327
Middle	51,924	124
Junior high	567	4
High	132,357	264
Continuation	0	0
Alternative	0	0
Community day	5,129	17
Special education	0	0
Other	37	1
Total	677,399	1,290

Number of students in public schools by grade range: 2021–22

Grade Level	Number of Students
Kindergarten through grade five	2,602,407
Grades six through eight	1,333,938
Grades nine through twelve	1,955,895
Ungraded programs	0
Total	5,892,240

Ethnic distribution of public school students: 2021–22

Ethnicity	Number of students	Percentage
African American not Hispanic	298,768	5.07%
American Indian or Alaska Native	27,001	0.46%
Asian	561,795	9.53%
Filipino	136,836	2.32%
Hispanic or Latino	3,291,260	55.86%
Pacific Islander	24,752	0.42%
White not Hispanic	1,240,474	21.05%
Two or More Races Not Hispanic	250,964	4.26%
None Reported	60,390	1.02%
Total	5,892,240	100.00%

Number of Regular HS Diploma Graduates: 2020–21

Total: 417,919

Number of teachers in public schools: 2018–19

2018–19 is the latest teacher data available. Please check back later for current data.

School Type	Number of Teachers
Elementary schools	146,521
Middle and junior high schools	47,374
High schools	83,206
Other (includes continuation schools)	41,903
Total	319,004

*Data has duplicate count of teachers if they teach at multiple agencies.

Ethnic distribution of public school teachers: 2018–19

2018–19 is the latest teacher data available. Please check back later for current data.

Ethnicity	Number of Male Teachers	Number of Female Teachers	Total
American Indian or Alaska Native	476	1,103	1,579
Asian	4,203	13,664	17,867
Pacific Islander	270	655	925
Filipino	1,250	3,458	4,708
Hispanic or Latino	17,756	47,148	64,904
African American	3,705	8,293	11,998
White (not Hispanic)	49,590	138,639	188,229
Two or More Races Not Hispanic	825	2,160	2,985
No Response	3,965	10,310	14,275
Total*	82,040	225,430	307,470