California · NCES CCD 2024-25

Largest Schools in California

The 50 largest public schools in California, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.

Compiled from official source data by .
11,713
Largest school
4,156
Avg across top 50
50
Schools listed

The ranking in one line

Highlands Community Charter in Sacramento is California's largest public school with 11,713 students enrolled.

11,713
students at Highlands Community Charter
71:1
student-teacher ratio at the largest school
4,156
average across the top 50
# School Enrollment
1 Highlands Community Charter Sacramento 11,713
2 River Springs Charter Temecula 7,703
3 Blue Ridge Academy Maricopa 7,657
4 Visions in Education Carmichael 7,460
5 Pacific Coast Academy Poway 6,760
6 Mission Vista Academy Beaumont 6,724
7 Heartland Charter Maricopa 5,970
8 Granada Hills Charter Granada Hills 5,927
9 Cabrillo Point Academy Poway 5,706
10 California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles Simi Valley 5,705
11 Granite Mountain Charter Lucerne Valley 4,393
12 Eleanor Roosevelt High Eastvale 4,353
13 Downey High Downey 4,051
14 California Connections Academy Southern California San Juan Capistrano 3,933
15 California Virtual Academy @ San Diego Simi Valley 3,924
16 Polytechnic High Long Beach 3,890
17 Sage Oak Charter Redlands 3,879
18 Ilead Hybrid Acton 3,817
19 Warren (Earl) High Downey 3,609
20 Santiago High Corona 3,577
21 Cottonwood El Dorado Hills 3,563
22 Beaumont Senior High Beaumont 3,460
23 Five Keys Independence Hs (Sf Sheriff's) San Francisco 3,447
24 Etiwanda High Etiwanda 3,446
25 Millikan High Long Beach 3,408
26 Pittsburg Senior High Pittsburg 3,403
27 Paramount High Paramount 3,400
28 Ocean Grove Charter Boulder Creek 3,378
29 Options for Youth - Duarte Inc City Of Industry 3,369
30 Wilson High Long Beach 3,349
31 Vista Murrieta High Murrieta 3,328
32 Hollister High Hollister 3,316
33 Rancho Cucamonga High Rancho Cucamonga 3,221
34 California Virtual Academy @ San Joaquin Simi Valley 3,219
35 Berkeley High Berkeley 3,218
36 Quartz Hill High Quartz Hill 3,175
37 Fountain Valley High Fountain Valley 3,171
38 Birmingham Community Charter High Lake Balboa 3,162
39 Santa Maria High Santa Maria 3,143
40 Chaparral High Temecula 3,136
41 Chaffey High Ontario 3,127
42 Clovis East High Clovis 3,113
43 James Logan High Union City 3,096
44 Pioneer Valley High Santa Maria 3,080
45 Bakersfield High Bakersfield 3,069
46 San Marcos High San Marcos 3,067
47 Yosemite Valley Charter Fresno 3,065
48 El Camino Real Charter High Woodland Hills 3,046
49 Dougherty Valley High San Ramon 3,039
50 Assurance Learning Academy Lancaster 3,014

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Methodology

Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year. Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.

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