Public schools in Stockton, CA

Stockton has 122 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 23 high, 8 middle, 82 elementary, 9 other, enrolling 74,245 students. They are run by 29 districts and agencies; Stockton Unified runs 54 of them.

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

The 29 districts and agencies that run Stockton's public schools

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

DistrictSchools in StocktonDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Stockton Unified5435,424$18,093
Lodi Unified2227,323$16,495
Lincoln Unified128,826$14,566
Manteca Unified524,667$14,789
San Joaquin County Office of Education31,778not reported
Linden Unified32,277$17,141
Venture Academy Family of Schools11,644not reported
one.Charter District1846not reported
Humphreys College Academy of Business Law and ED District11,189$15,621
Aspire Langston Hughes Academy District1770$14,006
Aspire Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy District1685$12,696
Aspire Benjamin Holt Middle District1567$10,526

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.

23 high schools in Stockton, 20,619 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lincoln High2,80120.952.9%Lincoln Unified
Edison High2,35523.776.8%Stockton Unified
Franklin High2,06519.973.7%Stockton Unified
Cesar Chavez High2,02121.371.4%Stockton Unified
Bear Creek High1,92518.851.4%Lodi Unified
Stagg Senior High1,67720.472.3%Stockton Unified
Ronald E. McNair High1,64417.264.4%Lodi Unified
Weston Ranch High1,16419.467.7%Manteca Unified
Aspire Langston Hughes Academy77224.060.9%Aspire Langston Hughes Academy District
Aspire Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy69425.748.7%Aspire Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy District
The other 13 high schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Stockton Collegiate International Secondary46627.043.6%Stockton Collegiate International Secondary District
Stockton Early College Academy42830.256.5%Stockton Unified
Health Careers Academy41017.875.1%Stockton Unified
Weber Institute35815.574.0%Stockton Unified
Middle College High34332.242.6%Lodi Unified
Aspire Stockton 6-12 Secondary Academy32625.181.0%Aspire Stockton 6-12 Secondary Academy District
Edward C. Merlo Institute of Environmental Studies20014.077.5%Stockton Unified
Pacific Law Academy19920.157.3%Stockton Unified
Stockton High19125.588.0%Stockton Unified
Jane Frederick High17814.888.2%Stockton Unified
Village Oaks High1569.973.1%Lincoln Unified
Plaza Robles Continuation High14113.261.0%Lodi Unified
New Vision High10512.269.5%Manteca Unified

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.

8 middle schools in Stockton, 3,928 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Christa McAuliffe Middle73420.643.1%Lodi Unified
Morada Middle68519.368.6%Lodi Unified
Sierra Middle59121.151.6%Lincoln Unified
Aspire Benjamin Holt Middle57328.859.2%Aspire Benjamin Holt Middle District
Delta Sierra Middle56318.583.5%Lodi Unified
Waterloo Elementary33922.752.5%Linden Unified
Elkhorn26325.827.0%Lodi Unified
Team Charter Academy18018.580.0%Team Charter Academy District

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.

82 elementary schools in Stockton, 43,056 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Great Valley Elementary98324.567.2%Manteca Unified
Commodore Stockton Skills97123.957.3%Stockton Unified
King Elementary94225.185.8%Stockton Unified
Wilhelmina Henry Elementary88125.276.0%Stockton Unified
John C. Fremont Elementary81325.785.0%Stockton Unified
Manlio Silva Elementary79925.345.2%Lodi Unified
Rio Calaveras Elementary79626.066.5%Stockton Unified
Valentine Peyton Elementary78726.058.7%Stockton Unified
Brookside76822.431.8%Lincoln Unified
George W. Bush Elementary75426.869.0%Stockton Unified
The other 72 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
George Y. Komure Elementary75226.374.3%Manteca Unified
Maxine Hong Kingston Elementary72022.969.4%Stockton Unified
San Joaquin Elementary71126.268.6%Stockton Unified
McKinley Elementary70525.882.4%Stockton Unified
Madison Elementary70324.174.7%Stockton Unified
Mable Barron65722.360.0%Lincoln Unified
Elmwood Elementary65627.274.4%Stockton Unified
Hoover Elementary65423.979.1%Stockton Unified
Montezuma Elementary65220.885.0%Stockton Unified
Tully C. Knoles64322.365.5%Lincoln Unified
August Knodt Elementary64223.463.2%Manteca Unified
Harrison Elementary64024.377.8%Stockton Unified
Pittman Charter61923.880.8%Stockton Unified
Ansel Adams61824.764.1%Lodi Unified
Pulliam Elementary59923.579.8%Stockton Unified
Alexander Hamilton Elementary59921.784.1%Stockton Unified
Cleveland Elementary58723.180.6%Stockton Unified
Hazelton Elementary58622.489.4%Stockton Unified
Fillmore Elementary57726.285.6%Stockton Unified
Lincoln Elementary56926.270.3%Lincoln Unified
Claudia Landeen56221.773.7%Lincoln Unified
George Lincoln Mosher56225.553.2%Lodi Unified
John Muir Elementary55924.347.8%Lodi Unified
John R. Williams55524.166.8%Lincoln Unified
El Dorado Elementary55422.584.3%Stockton Unified
Colonial Heights54721.767.5%Lincoln Unified
August Elementary53421.685.4%Stockton Unified
Oakwood Elementary52223.269.2%Lodi Unified
TEAM Charter51124.376.5%TEAM Charter District
Kennedy Elementary51124.082.4%Stockton Unified
Creekside Elementary50124.472.1%Lodi Unified
Adams Elementary49223.781.1%Stockton Unified
Flora Arca Mata48725.275.4%Stockton Unified
Victory Elementary48423.981.6%Stockton Unified
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary48230.089.8%Stockton Unified
Van Buren Elementary47322.888.6%Stockton Unified
Westwood Elementary46322.067.0%Lodi Unified
Grunsky Elementary45625.286.0%Stockton Unified
Dolores Huerta Elementary45334.486.8%Stockton Unified
Aspire River Oaks Charter45223.657.3%Aspire River Oaks Charter District
Taft Elementary44920.281.7%Stockton Unified
Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy44823.253.1%Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy District
Aspire Port City Academy44624.459.9%Aspire Port City Academy District
Waverly Elementary43822.660.0%Linden Unified
Parklane Elementary43726.584.7%Lodi Unified
Don Riggio43622.969.5%Lincoln Unified
John McCandless Charter43420.538.0%Lincoln Unified
KIPP University Park42718.582.2%KIPP Stockton Kindergarten-8 Grade District
Monroe Elementary42626.587.8%Stockton Unified
Nightingale Charter42522.979.1%Stockton Unified
Wagner-Holt Elementary41722.571.9%Lodi Unified
Julia Morgan Elementary40724.445.7%Lodi Unified
Podesta Ranch Elementary40621.442.1%Lodi Unified
Aspire Rosa Parks Academy40320.069.7%Aspire Rosa Parks Academy District
Clairmont Elementary40122.981.3%Lodi Unified
Taylor Leadership Academy39722.880.6%Stockton Unified
John Marshall Elementary39419.176.1%Stockton Unified
Aspire Arts & Sciences Academy38825.965.7%Aspire Stockton TK-5 Elementary Academy District
Glenwood Elementary37821.872.8%Linden Unified
Aspire APEX Academy37619.474.5%Aspire APEX Academy District
Stockton Collegiate International Elementary36027.751.4%Stockton Collegiate International Elementary District
Sutherland Elementary36021.276.7%Lodi Unified
Davis Elementary35723.570.3%Lodi Unified
Wilson Elementary34626.382.1%Stockton Unified
Roosevelt Elementary29725.086.2%Stockton Unified
Primary Years Academy28722.854.0%Stockton Unified
Dr. Lewis Dolphin Stallworth Sr. Charter25630.190.6%Stallworth Charter School
Kohl Open Elementary22127.738.9%Stockton Unified
Astronaut Jose' M. Hernandez Academy21420.362.6%Astronaut Jose' M. Hernandez Academy District
George Washington Elementary18120.589.0%Stockton Unified
Collegeville Elementary16214.163.6%Escalon Unified
Voices College Bound Language Academy at Stockton13919.973.4%Voices College Bound Language Academy at Stockton District

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.

9 other schools in Stockton, 6,642 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Venture Academy1,65721.058.2%Venture Academy Family of Schools
one.Charter1,35624.977.6%one.Charter District
ABLE Charter1,18620.469.8%Humphreys College Academy of Business Law and ED District
San Joaquin County Community1,02117.079.1%San Joaquin County Office of Education
San Joaquin County Special Education9048.840.3%San Joaquin County Office of Education
KIPP Stockton26516.574.7%KIPP Stockton Kindergarten-12 Grade District
District Special Education11216.663.4%Stockton Unified
Walton Development Center958.970.5%Stockton Unified
John F. Cruikshank Jr.466.693.5%San Joaquin 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.

How Stockton's public schools compare with California's

The median Stockton school has 22.9 students per full-time teacher, more than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 497 students (state 471).

Stockton against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
StocktonCalifornia
Median students per teacher22.921.6
Median school size (students)497471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)88%74%
Charter schools23%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 122 Stockton 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 Stockton

  1. Stockton UnifiedRuns 54 of Stockton's 122 public schools and spent $18,093 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,093
  2. Lincoln High, the largest high school in Stockton2,801 students in 2024-25, 20.9 per teacher.2,801
  3. Compare Stockton Unified with Lodi UnifiedStockton'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 Stockton 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. Oakland116 schools

Questions about schools in Stockton

  1. How many public schools are in Stockton, CA?
    122 public schools with an address in Stockton were open in 2024-25: 23 high, 8 middle, 82 elementary, 9 other, enrolling 74,245 students. 28 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Stockton?
    Lincoln High, with 2,801 students in 2024-25 (Lincoln Unified).
  3. Which districts run Stockton's schools?
    Stockton Unified (54 schools), Lodi Unified (22 schools), Lincoln Unified (12 schools), Manteca Unified (5 schools), and 25 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 .