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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
89
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
63
0.34
50%
All Tribes Elementary Charter School District
58
0.5
n/a
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