Public schools in Westminster, CA

Westminster has 17 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 3 middle, 12 elementary, enrolling 11,310 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Westminster School District runs 9 of them.

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

The 4 districts and agencies that run Westminster's public schools

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

DistrictSchools in WestminsterDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Westminster School District98,149$18,742
Garden Grove Unified638,164$20,023
Huntington Beach Union High114,522$16,994
Ocean View School District16,809$16,553

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.

2 high schools in Westminster, 4,570 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Westminster High2,52923.272.1%Huntington Beach Union High
La Quinta High2,04123.360.1%Garden Grove 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.

3 middle schools in Westminster, 2,068 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Warner Middle84622.171.3%Westminster
Sarah McGarvin Intermediate71726.458.6%Garden Grove Unified
Johnson Middle50518.077.0%Westminster

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.

12 elementary schools in Westminster, 4,672 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Eastwood Elementary54224.626.8%Westminster
Leo Carrillo Elementary50825.782.1%Garden Grove Unified
Willmore Elementary48521.162.7%Westminster
Westmont Elementary44123.865.8%Ocean View
Sequoia Elementary44024.445.9%Westminster
Post Elementary33825.863.9%Garden Grove Unified
Susan B. Anthony Elementary33223.661.4%Garden Grove Unified
John Marshall Elementary32321.570.9%Garden Grove Unified
Fryberger Elementary31922.569.3%Westminster
Finley Elementary31622.673.7%Westminster
The other 2 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Schmitt Elementary31421.680.3%Westminster
Webber Elementary31422.476.4%Westminster

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 Westminster's public schools compare with California's

The median Westminster school has 23.2 students per full-time teacher, more than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 441 students (state 471).

Westminster against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
WestminsterCalifornia
Median students per teacher23.221.6
Median school size (students)441471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%74%
Charter schools0%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 17 Westminster 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 Westminster

  1. Westminster School DistrictRuns 9 of Westminster's 17 public schools and spent $18,742 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,742
  2. Westminster High, the largest high school in Westminster2,529 students in 2024-25, 23.2 per teacher.2,529
  3. Compare Westminster School District with Garden Grove UnifiedWestminster'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 Westminster 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 Westminster

  1. How many public schools are in Westminster, CA?
    17 public schools with an address in Westminster were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 3 middle, 12 elementary, enrolling 11,310 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Westminster?
    Westminster High, with 2,529 students in 2024-25 (Huntington Beach Union High).
  3. Which districts run Westminster's schools?
    Westminster School District (9 schools), Garden Grove Unified (6 schools), Huntington Beach Union High (1 school), Ocean View School District (1 school). 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 .