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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 2023–24 School Count 2023–24 School Enrollment 2022–23 School Count 2022–23 School Enrollment 2021–22 School Count 2021–22 School Enrollment 2020–21 School Count 2020–21 School Enrollment
Alameda 128 23,229 132 22,775 141 22,766 150 22,935
Alpine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amador 1 151 3 348 3 379 2 228
Butte 14 859 13 812 12 887 15 833
Calaveras 2 206 2 199 3 35 2 17
Colusa 1 44 1 35 2 48 3 56
Contra Costa 94 15,096 93 14,964 91 15,187 100 14,389
Del Norte 1 13 2 20 2 18 3 28
El Dorado 14 873 14 915 14 922 17 816
Fresno 42 6,142 40 5,847 49 5,837 43 5,418
Glenn 3 179 3 189 3 181 3 180
Humboldt 10 631 13 592 12 614 12 613
Imperial 10 1,406 10 1,403 10 1,285 11 1,202
Inyo 2 52 1 55 1 65 1 35
Kern 42 4,662 50 5,347 49 5,164 46 4,360
Kings 7 856 6 1,149 6 793 5 724
Lake 8 192 8 297 8 278 8 230
Lassen 1 9 1 11 2 15 2 16
Los Angeles 842 146,409 855 149,666 867 145,084 890 141,119
Madera 7 439 6 448 6 447 12 392
Marin 41 7,117 42 7,133 43 7,358 46 7,162
Mariposa 2 32 1 34 1 38 1 15
Mendocino 8 595 10 609 8 603 12 580
Merced 14 1,379 14 1,747 15 1,459 16 1,491
Modoc 3 49 2 52 2 16 1 17
Mono 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monterey 22 3,672 21 3,583 20 3,626 21 3,481
Napa 18 2,649 16 2,518 14 1,831 19 2,535
Nevada 8 571 8 718 8 752 10 686
Orange 274 50,294 284 61,962 284 51,663 290 48,316
Placer 30 2,731 27 2,777 26 2,694 34 2,656
Plumas 1 46 3 82 3 79 3 89
Riverside 128 16,786 127 17,187 136 19,258 133 14,449
Sacramento 100 20,029 96 19,348 105 19,209 101 17,392
San Benito 6 409 6 413 6 401 6 338
San Bernardino 123 17,521 124 16,061 143 15,921 127 12,967
San Diego 225 39,895 239 40,561 243 39,654 243 36,776
San Francisco 105 24,082 103 23,919 101 23,840 96 23,345
San Joaquin 36 5,605 33 5,621 33 5,242 32 4,659
San Luis Obispo 20 2,284 19 2,609 20 2,633 20 2,441
San Mateo 82 16,774 81 17,020 79 16,980 83 16,926
Santa Barbara 34 5,493 35 5,484 38 5,210 40 4,796
Santa Clara 189 44,110 182 44,064 188 40,708 184 39,912
Santa Cruz 28 3,870 28 3,904 29 3,854 30 3,694
Shasta 16 1,813 18 1,943 23 2,051 22 1,691
Sierra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siskiyou 5 99 6 121 8 127 6 125
Solano 31 4,287 30 3,898 25 3,744 27 3,452
Sonoma 42 4,997 42 4,954 41 4,923 48 4,516
Stanislaus 28 3,487 31 3,534 30 3,477 29 2,934
Sutter 4 391 5 409 5 425 5 347
Tehama 6 275 7 264 11 287 9 248
Trinity 1 6 0 0 1 8 0 0
Tulare 16 2,301 16 2,290 18 2,363 16 1,896
Tuolumne 9 587 8 564 7 523 6 471
Ventura 68 13,809 76 13,833 79 15,263 76 15,651
Yolo 10 2,016 12 2,127 11 2,060 14 1,866
Yuba 2 141 2 145 3 208 5 142
Totals 2,964 501,650 3,007 516,560 3,088 498,493 3,136 471,653

 

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

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Last Reviewed: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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