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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 2022–23 School Count 2022–23 School Enrollment 2021–22 School Count 2021–22 School Enrollment 2020–21 School Count 2020–21 School Enrollment 2019–20 School Count 2019–20 School Enrollment
Alameda 132 22,775 141 22,766 150 22,935 150 25,861
Alpine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amador 3 348 3 379 2 228 2 186
Butte 13 812 12 887 15 833 16 857
Calaveras 2 199 3 35 2 17 3 23
Colusa 1 35 2 48 3 56 3 65
Contra Costa 93 14,964 91 15,187 100 14,389 100 15,195
Del Norte 2 20 2 18 3 28 2 20
El Dorado 14 915 14 922 17 816 17 1,041
Fresno 40 5,847 49 5,837 43 5,418 42 5,213
Glenn 3 189 3 181 3 180 3 184
Humboldt 13 592 12 614 12 613 12 520
Imperial 10 1,403 10 1,285 11 1,202 10 1,332
Inyo 1 55 1 65 1 35 1 27
Kern 50 5,347 49 5,164 46 4,360 41 4,346
Kings 6 1,149 6 793 5 724 5 713
Lake 8 297 8 278 8 230 10 207
Lassen 1 11 2 15 2 16 4 24
Los Angeles 856 149,677 866 145,077 890 141,119 901 148,021
Madera 6 448 6 447 12 392 11 379
Marin 42 7,133 43 7,358 46 7,162 44 7,097
Mariposa 1 34 1 38 1 15 2 15
Mendocino 10 609 8 603 12 580 10 620
Merced 14 1,747 15 1,459 16 1,491 18 1,473
Modoc 2 52 2 16 1 17 2 21
Mono 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38
Monterey 21 3,583 20 3,626 21 3,481 20 3,413
Napa 16 2,518 14 1,831 19 2,535 18 2,508
Nevada 8 718 8 752 10 686 8 606
Orange 284 61,962 284 51,663 290 48,316 301 46,085
Placer 27 2,777 26 2,694 34 2,656 28 2,432
Plumas 3 82 3 79 3 89 3 67
Riverside 127 17,187 136 19,258 133 14,449 138 14,443
Sacramento 96 19,348 105 19,209 101 17,392 107 19,642
San Benito 6 413 6 401 6 338 6 278
San Bernardino 124 16,061 143 15,921 127 12,967 137 14,149
San Diego 239 40,561 243 39,654 243 36,776 247 39,389
San Francisco 103 23,919 101 23,840 96 23,345 101 23,568
San Joaquin 33 5,621 33 5,242 32 4,659 35 4,921
San Luis Obispo 19 2,609 20 2,633 20 2,441 20 2,405
San Mateo 81 17,020 79 16,980 83 16,926 81 16,943
Santa Barbara 35 5,484 38 5,210 40 4,796 43 5,039
Santa Clara 182 44,064 188 40,708 184 39,912 185 41,835
Santa Cruz 28 3,904 29 3,854 30 3,694 28 6,933
Shasta 18 1,943 23 2,051 22 1,691 24 1,603
Sierra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siskiyou 6 121 8 127 6 125 9 141
Solano 30 3,898 25 3,744 27 3,452 25 3,600
Sonoma 42 4,954 41 4,923 48 4,516 48 4,611
Stanislaus 31 3,534 30 3,477 29 2,934 27 3,046
Sutter 5 409 5 425 5 347 4 438
Tehama 7 264 11 287 9 248 6 173
Trinity 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0
Tulare 16 2,290 18 2,363 16 1,896 22 2,032
Tuolumne 8 564 7 523 6 471 8 449
Ventura 76 13,833 79 15,263 76 15,651 76 12,683
Yolo 12 2,127 11 2,060 14 1,866 14 1,931
Yuba 2 145 3 208 5 142 4 143
Totals 3,008 516,571 3,087 498,486 3,136 471,653 3,183 488,984

 

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

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Last Reviewed: Tuesday, July 11, 2023