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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 2025–26 School Count 2025–26 School Enrollment 2024–25 School Count 2024–25 School Enrollment 2023–24 School Count 2023–24 School Enrollment 2022–23 School Count 2022–23 School Enrollment
Alameda 136 23,303 128 22,975 128 23,229 132 22,775
Alpine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amador 3 235 3 385 1 151 3 348
Butte 14 692 15 862 14 859 13 812
Calaveras 3 168 3 188 2 206 2 199
Colusa 0 0 1 31 1 44 1 35
Contra Costa 97 14,663 96 14,925 94 15,096 93 14,964
Del Norte 1 14 1 14 1 13 2 20
El Dorado 19 992 15 944 14 873 14 915
Fresno 51 5,207 48 5,500 42 6,142 40 5,847
Glenn 3 204 4 269 3 179 3 189
Humboldt 8 589 8 589 10 631 13 592
Imperial 10 1,302 11 1,404 10 1,406 10 1,403
Inyo 1 10 0 0 2 52 1 55
Kern 43 4,625 48 4,654 42 4,662 50 5,347
Kings 7 879 7 840 7 856 6 1,149
Lake 7 169 6 180 8 192 8 297
Lassen 1 13 2 16 1 9 1 11
Los Angeles 821 144,433 818 150,725 842 146,409 855 149,666
Madera 11 422 10 433 7 439 6 448
Marin 39 6,557 40 6,629 41 7,117 42 7,133
Mariposa 1 22 2 28 2 32 1 34
Mendocino 9 599 8 612 8 595 10 609
Merced 14 1,446 13 1,352 14 1,379 14 1,747
Modoc 2 42 3 106 3 49 2 52
Mono 2 13 1 7 0 0 0 0
Monterey 25 3,633 19 3,477 22 3,672 21 3,583
Napa 17 2,573 17 2,577 18 2,649 16 2,518
Nevada 7 536 7 523 8 571 8 718
Orange 277 49,144 282 48,534 274 50,294 284 61,962
Placer 37 3,754 31 2,924 30 2,731 27 2,777
Plumas 3 64 1 43 1 46 3 82
Riverside 122 15,966 137 17,222 128 16,786 127 17,187
Sacramento 110 21,970 92 16,394 100 20,029 96 19,348
San Benito 6 351 5 355 6 409 6 413
San Bernardino 121 15,104 121 16,368 123 17,521 124 16,061
San Diego 219 37,158 217 37,123 225 39,895 239 40,561
San Francisco 99 20,085 107 24,218 105 24,082 103 23,919
San Joaquin 42 6,181 42 6,093 36 5,605 33 5,621
San Luis Obispo 20 2,435 21 2,533 20 2,284 19 2,609
San Mateo 79 16,238 82 17,094 82 16,774 81 17,020
Santa Barbara 32 4,811 31 5,132 34 5,493 35 5,484
Santa Clara 196 43,385 191 43,276 189 44,110 182 44,064
Santa Cruz 31 4,029 31 4,425 28 3,870 28 3,904
Shasta 20 1,729 18 1,767 16 1,813 18 1,943
Sierra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siskiyou 6 101 8 200 5 99 6 121
Solano 33 3,953 26 3,061 31 4,287 30 3,898
Sonoma 40 4,672 40 4,738 42 4,997 42 4,954
Stanislaus 30 3,212 29 3,669 28 3,487 31 3,534
Sutter 4 405 5 450 4 391 5 409
Tehama 6 242 6 279 6 275 7 264
Trinity 0 0 2 13 1 6 0 0
Tulare 17 2,187 13 1,930 16 2,301 16 2,290
Tuolumne 8 591 9 564 9 587 8 564
Ventura 71 13,672 65 13,700 68 13,809 76 13,833
Yolo 11 1,886 10 1,948 10 2,016 12 2,127
Yuba 3 159 2 166 2 141 2 145
Totals 2,995 486,825
 2,958 494,464 2,964 501,650 3,007 516,560

 

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

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Last Reviewed: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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