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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 2024–25 School Count 2024–25 School Enrollment 2023–24 School Count 2023–24 School Enrollment 2022–23 School Count 2022–23 School Enrollment 2021–22 School Count 2021–22 School Enrollment
Alameda 128 22,975 128 23,229 132 22,775 141 22,766
Alpine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amador 3 385 1 151 3 348 3 379
Butte 15 862 14 859 13 812 12 887
Calaveras 3 188 2 206 2 199 3 35
Colusa 1 31 1 44 1 35 2 48
Contra Costa 96 14,925 94 15,096 93 14,964 91 15,187
Del Norte 1 14 1 13 2 20 2 18
El Dorado 15 944 14 873 14 915 14 922
Fresno 48 5,500 42 6,142 40 5,847 49 5,837
Glenn 4 269 3 179 3 189 3 181
Humboldt 8 589 10 631 13 592 12 614
Imperial 11 1,404 10 1,406 10 1,403 10 1,285
Inyo 0 0 2 52 1 55 1 65
Kern 48 4,654 42 4,662 50 5,347 49 5,164
Kings 7 840 7 856 6 1,149 6 793
Lake 6 180 8 192 8 297 8 278
Lassen 2 16 1 9 1 11 2 15
Los Angeles 818 150,725 842 146,409 855 149,666 867 145,084
Madera 10 433 7 439 6 448 6 447
Marin 40 6,629 41 7,117 42 7,133 43 7,358
Mariposa 2 28 2 32 1 34 1 38
Mendocino 8 612 8 595 10 609 8 603
Merced 13 1,352 14 1,379 14 1,747 15 1,459
Modoc 3 106 3 49 2 52 2 16
Mono 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monterey 19 3,477 22 3,672 21 3,583 20 3,626
Napa 17 2,577 18 2,649 16 2,518 14 1,831
Nevada 7 523 8 571 8 718 8 752
Orange 282 48,534 274 50,294 284 61,962 284 51,663
Placer 31 2,924 30 2,731 27 2,777 26 2,694
Plumas 1 43 1 46 3 82 3 79
Riverside 137 17,222 128 16,786 127 17,187 136 19,258
Sacramento 92 16,394 100 20,029 96 19,348 105 19,209
San Benito 5 355 6 409 6 413 6 401
San Bernardino 121 16,368 123 17,521 124 16,061 143 15,921
San Diego 217 37,123 225 39,895 239 40,561 243 39,654
San Francisco 107 24,218 105 24,082 103 23,919 101 23,840
San Joaquin 42 6,093 36 5,605 33 5,621 33 5,242
San Luis Obispo 21 2,533 20 2,284 19 2,609 20 2,633
San Mateo 82 17,094 82 16,774 81 17,020 79 16,980
Santa Barbara 31 5,132 34 5,493 35 5,484 38 5,210
Santa Clara 191 43,276 189 44,110 182 44,064 188 40,708
Santa Cruz 31 4,425 28 3,870 28 3,904 29 3,854
Shasta 18 1,767 16 1,813 18 1,943 23 2,051
Sierra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siskiyou 8 200 5 99 6 121 8 127
Solano 26 3,061 31 4,287 30 3,898 25 3,744
Sonoma 40 4,738 42 4,997 42 4,954 41 4,923
Stanislaus 29 3,669 28 3,487 31 3,534 30 3,477
Sutter 5 450 4 391 5 409 5 425
Tehama 6 279 6 275 7 264 11 287
Trinity 2 13 1 6 0 0 1 8
Tulare 13 1,930 16 2,301 16 2,290 18 2,363
Tuolumne 9 564 9 587 8 564 7 523
Ventura 65 13,700 68 13,809 76 13,833 79 15,263
Yolo 10 1,948 10 2,016 12 2,127 11 2,060
Yuba 2 166 2 141 2 145 3 208
Totals 2,958 494,464 2,964 501,650 3,007 516,560 3,088 498,493

 

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

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Last Reviewed: Monday, July 14, 2025
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