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School Finder
Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.
How the School Finder works
Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:
- Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
- Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
- School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.
The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.
Top 100 of many matching schools
Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Highlands Community Charter Sacramento, CA | 11,713 |
| River Springs Charter Temecula, CA | 7,703 |
| Blue Ridge Academy Maricopa, CA | 7,657 |
| Visions in Education Carmichael, CA | 7,460 |
| Pacific Coast Academy Poway, CA | 6,760 |
| Mission Vista Academy Beaumont, CA | 6,724 |
| Heartland Charter Maricopa, CA | 5,970 |
| Granada Hills Charter Granada Hills, CA | 5,927 |
| Cabrillo Point Academy Poway, CA | 5,706 |
| California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles Simi Valley, CA | 5,705 |
| Granite Mountain Charter Lucerne Valley, CA | 4,393 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt High Eastvale, CA | 4,353 |
| Downey High Downey, CA | 4,051 |
| California Connections Academy Southern California San Juan Capistrano, CA | 3,933 |
| California Virtual Academy @ San Diego Simi Valley, CA | 3,924 |
| Polytechnic High Long Beach, CA | 3,890 |
| Sage Oak Charter Redlands, CA | 3,879 |
| Ilead Hybrid Acton, CA | 3,817 |
| Warren (Earl) High Downey, CA | 3,609 |
| Santiago High Corona, CA | 3,577 |
| Cottonwood El Dorado Hills, CA | 3,563 |
| Beaumont Senior High Beaumont, CA | 3,460 |
| Five Keys Independence Hs (Sf Sheriff's) San Francisco, CA | 3,447 |
| Etiwanda High Etiwanda, CA | 3,446 |
| Millikan High Long Beach, CA | 3,408 |
| Pittsburg Senior High Pittsburg, CA | 3,403 |
| Paramount High Paramount, CA | 3,400 |
| Ocean Grove Charter Boulder Creek, CA | 3,378 |
| Options for Youth - Duarte Inc City of Industry, CA | 3,369 |
| Wilson High Long Beach, CA | 3,349 |
| Vista Murrieta High Murrieta, CA | 3,328 |
| Hollister High Hollister, CA | 3,316 |
| Rancho Cucamonga High Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 3,221 |
| California Virtual Academy @ San Joaquin Simi Valley, CA | 3,219 |
| Berkeley High Berkeley, CA | 3,218 |
| Quartz Hill High Quartz Hill, CA | 3,175 |
| Fountain Valley High Fountain Valley, CA | 3,171 |
| Birmingham Community Charter High Lake Balboa, CA | 3,162 |
| Santa Maria High Santa Maria, CA | 3,143 |
| Chaparral High Temecula, CA | 3,136 |
| Chaffey High Ontario, CA | 3,127 |
| Clovis East High Clovis, CA | 3,113 |
| James Logan High Union City, CA | 3,096 |
| Pioneer Valley High Santa Maria, CA | 3,080 |
| Bakersfield High Bakersfield, CA | 3,069 |
| San Marcos High San Marcos, CA | 3,067 |
| Yosemite Valley Charter Fresno, CA | 3,065 |
| El Camino Real Charter High Woodland Hills, CA | 3,046 |
| Dougherty Valley High San Ramon, CA | 3,039 |
| Assurance Learning Academy Lancaster, CA | 3,014 |
| Great Oak High Temecula, CA | 2,946 |
| Arcadia High Arcadia, CA | 2,939 |
| Milpitas High Milpitas, CA | 2,926 |
| Redondo Union High Redondo Beach, CA | 2,921 |
| Palisades Charter High Pacific Palisades, CA | 2,920 |
| Los Alamitos High Los Alamitos, CA | 2,915 |
| Folsom High Folsom, CA | 2,901 |
| California High San Ramon, CA | 2,894 |
| Castro Valley High Castro Valley, CA | 2,874 |
| Sunnyside High Fresno, CA | 2,858 |
| Liberty High Brentwood, CA | 2,836 |
| Alta Vista Innovation High Hesperia, CA | 2,812 |
| Lincoln High Stockton, CA | 2,801 |
| Upland High Upland, CA | 2,797 |
| Clovis High Clovis, CA | 2,779 |
| Arnold O. Beckman High Irvine, CA | 2,776 |
| Dublin High Dublin, CA | 2,771 |
| Los Osos High Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 2,759 |
| Yucaipa High Yucaipa, CA | 2,755 |
| Mission Hills High San Marcos, CA | 2,751 |
| Chino Hills High Chino Hills, CA | 2,748 |
| Cajon High San Bernardino, CA | 2,748 |
| Calexico High Calexico, CA | 2,746 |
| Alisal High Salinas, CA | 2,742 |
| San Clemente High San Clemente, CA | 2,740 |
| Temecula Valley High Temecula, CA | 2,739 |
| Feather River Charter Meridian, CA | 2,731 |
| Summit High Fontana, CA | 2,725 |
| San Diego Workforce Innovation High National City, CA | 2,722 |
| Grover Cleveland Charter High Reseda, CA | 2,719 |
| Centennial High Corona, CA | 2,712 |
| Highland High Palmdale, CA | 2,706 |
| Evergreen Valley High San Jose, CA | 2,703 |
| Valley View High Moreno Valley, CA | 2,699 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. High Riverside, CA | 2,699 |
| Portola High Irvine, CA | 2,693 |
| Arroyo Valley High San Bernardino, CA | 2,692 |
| Lancaster High Lancaster, CA | 2,688 |
| Cypress High Cypress, CA | 2,685 |
| Pacifica High Oxnard, CA | 2,675 |
| Anaheim High Anaheim, CA | 2,667 |
| South Sutter Charter East Nicolaus, CA | 2,653 |
| Arvin High Arvin, CA | 2,653 |
| Franklin High Elk Grove, CA | 2,650 |
| Huntington Beach High Huntington Beach, CA | 2,645 |
| San Juan Hills High San Juan Capistrano, CA | 2,641 |
| Eastside High Lancaster, CA | 2,631 |
| Vaughn Next Century Learning Center San Fernando, CA | 2,629 |
| Crescenta Valley High La Crescenta, CA | 2,624 |
| Rialto High Rialto, CA | 2,623 |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25