Private School Counts & Enrollment by County

County-level summary of counts of private schools and enrollment in private schools for the previous four years.

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County	2020–21 School Count	2020–21 School Enrollment	2019–20 School Count	2019–20 School Enrollment	2018–19 School Count	2018–19 School Enrollment	2017–18 School Count	2017–18 School Enrollment
Alameda	150	22,935	150	25,861	140	23,357	148	24,171
Alpine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amador	2	228	2	186	1	117	1	119
Butte	15	833	16	857	15	907	16	945
Calaveras	2	17	3	23	5	44	3	26
Colusa	3	56	3	65	2	84	2	97
Contra Costa	100	14,389	100	15,195	104	15,921	101	15,482
Del Norte	3	28	2	20	2	27	2	33
El Dorado	17	816	17	1,041	19	1,166	21	1,096
Fresno	43	5,418	42	5,213	44	5,418	39	5,578
Glenn	3	180	3	184	3	181	3	185
Humboldt	12	613	12	520	14	602	13	590
Imperial	11	1,202	10	1,332	10	1,353	11	1,422
Inyo	1	35	1	27	2	32	2	31
Kern	46	4,360	41	4,346	45	4,718	45	4,828
Kings	5	724	5	713	7	756	8	775
Lake	8	230	10	207	10	292	6	161
Lassen	2	16	4	24	0	0	2	13
Los Angeles	890	141,119	901	148,021	912	150,791	919	151,495
Madera	12	392	11	379	6	376	6	366
Marin	46	7,162	44	7,097	45	7,153	38	6,785
Mariposa	1	15	2	15	1	8	1	8
Mendocino	12	580	10	620	7	589	9	611
Merced	16	1,491	18	1,473	17	1,541	16	1,489
Modoc	1	17	2	21	2	23	2	19
Mono	0	0	1	38	0	0	1	22
Monterey	21	3,481	20	3,413	22	3,581	23	3,641
Napa	19	2,535	18	2,508	17	2,397	20	2,644
Nevada	10	686	8	606	8	588	7	602
Orange	290	48,316	301	46,085	296	49,573	290	48,324
Placer	34	2,656	28	2,432	30	2,275	23	2,134
Plumas	3	89	3	67	4	116	5	130
Riverside	133	14,449	138	14,443	131	15,440	138	16,762
Sacramento	101	17,392	107	19,642	102	20,115	98	19,122
San Benito	6	338	6	278	6	269	7	320
San Bernardino	127	12,967	137	14,149	134	14,167	137	14,780
San Diego	243	36,776	247	39,389	236	37,315	238	36,789
San Francisco	96	23,345	101	23,568	117	26,183	103	23,329
San Joaquin	32	4,659	35	4,921	38	5,221	39	5,064
San Luis Obispo	20	2,441	20	2,405	23	2,317	24	2,369
San Mateo	83	16,926	81	16,943	77	15,952	75	15,620
Santa Barbara	40	4,796	43	5,039	39	5,329	42	5,097
Santa Clara	184	39,912	185	41,835	191	43,185	178	41,454
Santa Cruz	30	3,694	28	6,933	31	4,342	30	4,465
Shasta	22	1,691	24	1,603	21	1,584	21	1,722
Sierra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siskiyou	6	125	9	141	5	127	5	120
Solano	27	3,452	25	3,600	26	3,684	25	3,695
Sonoma	48	4,516	48	4,611	45	4,650	47	4,938
Stanislaus	29	2,934	27	3,046	24	3,094	30	3,553
Sutter	5	347	4	438	5	490	5	531
Tehama	9	248	6	173	6	247	8	305
Trinity	0	0	0	0	1	44	1	44
Tulare	16	1,896	22	2,032	18	2,090	19	2,183
Tuolumne	6	471	8	449	7	447	5	438
Ventura	76	15,651	76	12,683	79	13,334	77	13,721
Yolo	14	1,866	14	1,931	12	1,934	13	1,935
Yuba	5	142	4	143	2	147	2	174
Totals	3,136	471,653	3,183	488,984	3,166	495,693	3,150	492,352

Note: The above table includes data for private schools with six or more students enrolled.

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Last Reviewed: Tuesday, May 3, 2022

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