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Best California School Districts (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 2054 top school districts in California, serving 5,826,337 students.

The most diverse district is The Academy Of Alameda School District, with a diversity score of 0.81.

The largest school district is Los Angeles Unified School District, serving 418,497 students.

The highest graduation rate school district is California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley School District, with 99% graduation rate.

Top California School Districts (2026)

School District

# Students

Diversity Score

Graduation %

ABC Unified School District

18,034

0.66

95%

Able Charter School District

1,191

0.53

92%

Academia Avance Charter School District

241

0.12

90%

Academia Moderna School District

444

0.01

n/a

Academy For Academic Excellence School District

1,496

0.63

95%

Acalanes Union High School District

5,389

0.6

97%

Accelerated Charter Elementary School District

517

0.03

n/a

Accelerated School District

745

0.03

n/a

ACE Charter High School District

341

0.06

87%

ACE Empower Academy School District

193

0.05

n/a

ACE Esperanza Middle School District

230

0.12

n/a

ACE Inspire Academy School District

219

0.07

n/a

Achieve Academy School District

542

0.2

n/a

Achieve Charter School Of Chico School District

215

0.46

n/a

Achieve Charter School Of Paradise Inc. School District

141

0.46

n/a

Ackerman Charter School District

603

0.45

n/a

Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District

1,021

0.54

95%

Adelante Charter School District

306

0.3

n/a

Adelanto Elementary School District

7,553

0.5

n/a

Aerostem Academy School District

107

0.64

50%

Agnes J. Johnson Charter School District

0.28

n/a

Aims College Preparatory High School District

368

0.71

95%

Aims College Preparatory Middle School District

212

0.71

n/a

Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy School District

1,189

0.37

68%

Alameda Community Learning Center School District

389

0.79

90%

Alameda County Office Of Education School District

259

0.61

45%

Alameda Unified School District

9,035

0.77

94%

Albany City Unified School District

3,567

0.76

94%

Albert Einstein Academies School District

1,438

0.56

n/a

Alder Grove Charter School 2 School District

438

0.53

90%

Alexander Valley Union Elementary School District

115

0.48

n/a

Alhambra Unified School District

14,549

0.57

95%

Alisal Union School District

7,339

0.07

n/a

All Tribes Charter School District

0.34

50%

All Tribes Elementary Charter School District

0.5

n/a

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