DataQuest Highlights

In May 2025, the California Department of Education (CDE) released the 2024–25 Annual Enrollment Report on DataQuest. This report showcases the enrollment data for Transitional Kindergarten through grade twelve (TK–12) students and is reflective of Census Day information (the first Wednesday in October).

To access further information about the above report, including key takeaways, resources, and highlights from previously released DataQuest reports, select the links below:

2024–25 Annual Enrollment Report
Resources
Additional Highlights

2024–25 Annual Enrollment Report

The Annual Enrollment Report displays the annual 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.

Resources

Provided below are several CDE web pages and communication links to annual enrollment and general DataQuest information:

• Annual Enrollment: Provides the different ways in which users can access annual enrollment reports on DataQuest.
• Annual Enrollment Flyer (PDF)
• DataQuest Schedule: Provides an overview of upcoming DataQuest reports expected for release in the coming year.
• DataQuest Update: Informs users about released reports, new reports, downloadable data files, enhancements, changes to DataQuest, and tips on how to use DataQuest.

Additional Highlights

The DataQuest Highlights web page is continuously updated with the most recent publicly available DataQuest reports. Please select the link below to access the previous highlighted reports:

• 2023–24 End-of-Year Reports