Public schools in Hollister, CA

Hollister has 18 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, enrolling 10,933 students. They are run by 7 districts and agencies; Hollister School District runs 10 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 7 districts and agencies that run Hollister's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in HollisterDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Hollister School District105,670$14,616
San Benito High School District23,556$14,933
San Benito County Office of Education234not reported
North County Joint Union Elementary1743$12,680
Hollister Prep District1539$13,032
Southside Elementary1233$9,910
Cienega Union Elementary121$18,571

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Hollister, 3,405 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hollister High3,31623.152.5%San Benito High
San Andreas Continuation High7417.282.4%San Benito High
Pinnacles Community1512.580.0%San Benito County Office of Education

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Hollister, 1,416 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Rancho San Justo65320.561.1%Hollister
Maze Middle58020.359.5%Hollister
Accelerated Achievement Academy15127.440.4%Hollister
San Benito County Opportunity3210.378.1%San Benito County Office of Education

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

11 elementary schools in Hollister, 6,112 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hollister Dual Language Academy85823.751.9%Hollister
Ladd Lane Elementary76722.946.7%Hollister
Spring Grove Elementary76222.334.6%North County Joint Union Elementary
Rancho Santana67826.647.2%Hollister
Sunnyslope Elementary60222.365.3%Hollister
Cerra Vista Elementary60226.145.5%Hollister
Calaveras Elementary55624.768.7%Hollister
Hollister Prep53828.246.3%Hollister Prep District
R. O. Hardin Elementary46123.177.4%Hollister
Southside Elementary26724.143.8%Southside Elementary
One more elementary school
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cienega Elementary2110.952.4%Cienega Union Elementary

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Hollister's public schools compare with California's

The median Hollister school has 23.0 students per full-time teacher, more than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 568 students (state 471).

Hollister against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
HollisterCalifornia
Median students per teacher23.021.6
Median school size (students)568471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)64%74%
Charter schools5.6%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 18 Hollister schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Hollister

  1. Hollister School DistrictRuns 10 of Hollister's 18 public schools and spent $14,616 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,616
  2. Hollister High, the largest high school in Hollister3,316 students in 2024-25, 23.1 per teacher.3,316
  3. Compare Hollister School District with San Benito High School DistrictHollister's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Hollister addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Hollister

  1. How many public schools are in Hollister, CA?
    18 public schools with an address in Hollister were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, enrolling 10,933 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Hollister?
    Hollister High, with 3,316 students in 2024-25 (San Benito High School District).
  3. Which districts run Hollister's schools?
    Hollister School District (10 schools), San Benito High School District (2 schools), San Benito County Office of Education (2 schools), North County Joint Union Elementary (1 school), and 3 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .