National ranking · NCES CCD 2024-25

50 Largest Public Schools

America's largest individual public schools, ranked by student enrollment from NCES Common Core of Data.

Compiled from official source data by .
29,320
Students at #1
50
Schools ranked
4,573
Cutoff enrollment (#50)

The ranking in one line

Commonwealth Charter Academy Cs in Harrisburg, PA is the largest public school in America, enrolling 29,320 students.

19,731
students at #2 (Texas Virtual Academy at Hallsville)
20
states in the top 50
6.4x
top vs #50 enrollment

Top 10 schools by enrollment

Total students enrolled at the nation's biggest individual public schools

students

What this shows Commonwealth Charter Academy Cs enrolls 29,320 students, against 8,641 at #10. The full top-50 ranking continues below.

Source NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25

The full ranking

All 50 schools, ranked by student enrollment. The shaded bar behind each value shows its magnitude. According to NCES Common Core of Data as of June 2026.

# School StateEnrollment
1 Commonwealth Charter Academy Cs Other PA 29,320
2 Texas Virtual Academy at Hallsville Other TX 19,731
3 Ohio Virtual Academy Other OH 15,339
4 Epic Charter School High School High OK 14,517
5 Epic Charter School Elementary Other OK 14,019
6 Highlands Community Charter Other CA 11,713
7 Lone Star Online Academy Elementary TX 11,686
8 Pennsylvania Cyber Cs Other PA 10,178
9 Georgia Cyber Academy Other GA 9,952
10 Texas Connections Academy at Houston Other TX 8,641
11 Interior Distance Education of Alaska (Idea) Other AK 7,876
12 Alabama Connections Academy Other AL 7,822
13 Nebo Online School Other UT 7,791
14 Idaho Home Learning Academy Other ID 7,764
15 River Springs Charter Other CA 7,703
16 Blue Ridge Academy Other CA 7,657
17 Visions in Education Other CA 7,460
18 Georgia Connections Academy Other GA 7,148
19 Pacific Coast Academy Other CA 6,760
20 Mission Vista Academy Other CA 6,724
21 North Star Academy Charter School Other NJ 6,714
22 Goal Academy High CO 6,693
23 Team Academy Charter School Other NJ 6,406
24 Primavera - Online Other AZ 6,378
25 Alternative Education Academy Other OH 6,276
26 Sc Connections Academy Other SC 6,152
27 Alabama Virtual Academy at Eufaula City Schools Other AL 6,104
28 Digital Academy of Florida Other FL 6,069
29 Heartland Charter Other CA 5,970
30 Granada Hills Charter Other CA 5,927
31 Brooklyn Technical High School High NY 5,848
32 Florida Connections Academy Other FL 5,748
33 Reach Cyber Cs Other PA 5,721
34 Cabrillo Point Academy Other CA 5,706
35 California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles Other CA 5,705
36 Indiana Connections Academy Other IN 5,376
37 Indiana Gateway Digital Academy Other IN 5,318
38 Conroe H S High TX 5,252
39 Carmel High School High IN 5,239
40 Allen H S High TX 5,206
41 Ohio Connections Academy Inc Other OH 5,191
42 Reading Shs High PA 4,879
43 Brentwood High School High NY 4,816
44 Broken Arrow Hs High OK 4,802
45 Adlai E Stevenson High School High IL 4,758
46 Alexandria City High School High VA 4,655
47 Lane Technical High School Other IL 4,604
48 Cypress Bay High School High FL 4,579
49 Arkansas Connections Academy High Other AR 4,575
50 Francis Lewis High School High NY 4,573

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.