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Best California School Districts (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 2053 top school districts in California, serving 5,790,405 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 406,717 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
17,570
0.66
95%
Able Charter School District
1,186
0.52
92%
Academia Avance Charter School District
207
0.06
90%
Academia Moderna School District
408
0.01
n/a
Academy For Academic Excellence School District
1,489
0.62
95%
Academy Of Creative Technologies - Antelope Valley School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Acalanes Union High School District
5,401
0.63
97%
Accelerated Charter Elementary School District
526
0.04
n/a
Accelerated School District
729
0.03
n/a
ACE Charter High School District
313
0.06
87%
ACE Empower Academy School District
189
0.06
n/a
ACE Esperanza Middle School District
205
0.2
n/a
ACE Inspire Academy School District
205
0.06
n/a
Achieve Academy School District
537
0.15
n/a
Achieve Charter School Of Chico School District
222
0.51
n/a
Achieve Charter School Of Paradise Inc. School District
169
0.42
n/a
Ackerman Charter School District
606
0.48
n/a
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
1,053
0.53
95%
Adelante Charter School District
306
0.31
n/a
Adelanto Elementary School District
7,660
0.49
n/a
Aerostem Academy School District
116
0.62
50%
Agnes J. Johnson Charter School District
91
0.39
n/a
Aims College Prep High School District
386
0.68
95%
Aims College Prep Middle School District
200
0.72
n/a
Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy School District
1,159
0.39
68%
Alameda Community Learning Center School District
362
0.81
90%
Alameda County Office Of Education School District
304
0.58
45%
Alameda Unified School District
9,260
0.77
94%
Albany City Unified School District
3,684
0.77
94%
Albert Einstein Academies School District
1,448
0.54
n/a
Alder Grove Charter School 2 School District
481
0.54
90%
Alexander Valley Union Elementary School District
111
0.49
n/a
Alhambra Unified School District
14,548
0.58
95%
Alisal Union School District
7,303
0.05
n/a
All Tribes Charter School District
82
0.46
50%
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