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School Districts in
California

526 public school districts — browse by rating, county, or enter your zip code for instant results.

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Los Angeles County
56 districts
San Diego County
29 districts
San Bernardino County
22 districts
Orange County
19 districts
Riverside County
19 districts
Fresno County
19 districts
Santa Clara County
18 districts
Alameda County
17 districts
Kern County
15 districts
San Mateo County
15 districts
Contra Costa County
13 districts
Stanislaus County
13 districts
Tulare County
11 districts
Sonoma County
11 districts
Mendocino County
11 districts
Ventura County
10 districts
Humboldt County
10 districts
Siskiyou County
10 districts
San Luis Obispo County
9 districts
Monterey County
9 districts
Merced County
9 districts
Placer County
9 districts
San Joaquin County
8 districts
Sacramento County
8 districts
Imperial County
7 districts
Santa Barbara County
7 districts
Solano County
7 districts
Marin County
7 districts
Kings County
6 districts
Madera County
6 districts
Tuolumne County
6 districts
Lake County
6 districts
Butte County
6 districts
Shasta County
6 districts
Tehama County
6 districts
Yolo County
5 districts
Napa County
5 districts
Santa Cruz County
5 districts
Colusa County
5 districts
Lassen County
5 districts
Inyo County
4 districts
Sutter County
4 districts
Yuba County
4 districts
Glenn County
4 districts
Trinity County
3 districts
Nevada County
3 districts
El Dorado County
3 districts
Mono County
2 districts
San Benito County
2 districts
Calaveras County
2 districts
Modoc County
2 districts
San Francisco County
1 district
Alpine County
1 district
Mariposa County
1 district
Del Norte County
1 district
Amador County
1 district
Sierra County
1 district
Plumas County
1 district
All California School Districts 526 districts, sorted by rating
DistrictCityRatingZip Codes
La Canada Unified School DistrictLa Canada Flintridge10/10  Excellent · 99th pct1
Los Altos Elementary School DistrictLos Altos10/10  Excellent · 99th pct2
Los Gatos Union School District / Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union HighLos Gatos10/10  Excellent · 99th pct1
Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union School DistrictLos Gatos-Saratoga10/10  Excellent · 99th pct2
Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictManhattan Beach10/10  Excellent · 99th pct1
Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto10/10  Excellent · 99th pct5
San Marino Unified School DistrictSan Marino10/10  Excellent · 99th pct1
Saratoga Union School District / Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union HighSaratoga10/10  Excellent · 99th pct1
South Pasadena Unified School DistrictSouth Pasadena10/10  Excellent · 99th pct1
Sunol Glen Unified School DistrictSunol Glen10/10  Excellent · 99th pct1
Acalanes Union High School DistrictAcalanes Union10/10  Excellent · 98th pct6
Cupertino Union Elementary School DistrictCupertino Union10/10  Excellent · 98th pct1
Cupertino Union School District / Fremont Union HighCupertino10/10  Excellent · 98th pct1
Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union10/10  Excellent · 98th pct4
Laguna Beach Unified School DistrictLaguna Beach10/10  Excellent · 98th pct1
Orinda Union School District / Acalanes Union HighOrinda10/10  Excellent · 98th pct1
San Ramon Valley Unified School DistrictSan Ramon Valley10/10  Excellent · 98th pct7
Arcadia Unified School DistrictArcadia10/10  Excellent · 97th pct2
Hermosa Beach City Elementary School DistrictHermosa Beach10/10  Excellent · 97th pct1
Los Alamitos Unified School DistrictLos Alamitos10/10  Excellent · 97th pct3
Oak Park Unified School DistrictOak Park10/10  Excellent · 97th pct1
Pleasanton Unified School DistrictPleasanton10/10  Excellent · 97th pct1
Walnut Valley Unified School DistrictDiamond Bar10/10  Excellent · 97th pct2
Albany City Unified School DistrictAlbany10/10  Excellent · 96th pct1
Del Mar Union School District / San Dieguito Union HighDel Mar10/10  Excellent · 96th pct2
Dublin Unified School DistrictDublin10/10  Excellent · 96th pct1
Encinitas Union School District / San Dieguito Union HighEncinitas10/10  Excellent · 96th pct1
Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont10/10  Excellent · 96th pct4
San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union10/10  Excellent · 96th pct2
Solana Beach School District / San Dieguito Union HighSolana Beach10/10  Excellent · 96th pct1
Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine10/10  Excellent · 95th pct10
McKittrick Elementary School DistrictMcKittrick10/10  Excellent · 95th pct1
Mountain View Whisman Elementary School DistrictMountain View Whisman10/10  Excellent · 95th pct1
Mountain View-Los Altos Union School DistrictMountain View-Los Altos Union10/10  Excellent · 95th pct2
Redondo Beach Unified School DistrictRedondo Beach10/10  Excellent · 95th pct2
Carmel Unified School DistrictCarmel10/10  Excellent · 94th pct5
Coronado Unified School DistrictCoronado10/10  Excellent · 94th pct3
El Segundo Unified School DistrictEl Segundo10/10  Excellent · 94th pct1
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School DistrictPalos Verdes10/10  Excellent · 94th pct2
Poway Unified School DistrictPoway10/10  Excellent · 94th pct5
Beverly Hills Unified School DistrictBeverly Hills10/10  Excellent · 93th pct3
Carlsbad Unified School DistrictCarlsbad10/10  Excellent · 93th pct3
Encinitas Union Elementary School DistrictEncinitas Union10/10  Excellent · 93th pct1
Loomis Union Elementary School DistrictLoomis Union10/10  Excellent · 93th pct1
Pacific Grove Unified School DistrictPacific Grove10/10  Excellent · 93th pct1
Davis Joint Unified School DistrictDavis10/10  Excellent · 92th pct2
Milpitas Unified School DistrictMilpitas10/10  Excellent · 92th pct2
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu10/10  Excellent · 92th pct7
Scotts Valley Unified School DistrictScotts Valley10/10  Excellent · 92th pct1
Temple City Unified School DistrictTemple10/10  Excellent · 92th pct1
Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano10/10  Excellent · 91th pct10
Castro Valley Unified School DistrictCastro Valley10/10  Excellent · 91th pct3
Rocklin Unified School DistrictRocklin10/10  Excellent · 91th pct2
San Luis Coastal Unified School DistrictSan Luis Coastal10/10  Excellent · 91th pct9
Bolinas-Stinson Union Elementary School DistrictBolinas-Stinson Union10/10  Excellent · 90th pct2
Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis10/10  Excellent · 90th pct7
Tamalpais Union High School DistrictTamalpais Union10/10  Excellent · 90th pct12
Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance10/10  Excellent · 90th pct5
Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley9/10  Excellent · 89th pct7
Culver City Unified School DistrictCulver City9/10  Excellent · 89th pct3
Glendora Unified School DistrictGlendora9/10  Excellent · 89th pct2
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictPlacentia-Yorba Linda9/10  Excellent · 89th pct4
El Dorado Union High School DistrictEl Dorado Union9/10  Excellent · 88th pct14
Sulphur Springs Union Elementary School DistrictSulphur Springs Union9/10  Excellent · 88th pct1
Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley9/10  Excellent · 88th pct2
William S. Hart Union High School DistrictWilliam S. Hart Union9/10  Excellent · 88th pct8
ABC Unified School DistrictABC9/10  Excellent · 87th pct4
Conejo Valley Unified School DistrictConejo Valley9/10  Excellent · 87th pct4
Eureka Union Elementary School DistrictEureka Union9/10  Excellent · 87th pct1
Huntington Beach City Elementary School DistrictHuntington Beach9/10  Excellent · 87th pct1
Huntington Beach Union High School DistrictHuntington Beach Union9/10  Excellent · 87th pct7
Menlo Park City Elementary / Sequoia Union HighMenlo Park9/10  Excellent · 87th pct1
Millbrae Elementary School DistrictMillbrae9/10  Excellent · 87th pct1
Roseville Joint Union High School DistrictRoseville9/10  Excellent · 87th pct2
Sequoia Union High School DistrictSequoia Union9/10  Excellent · 87th pct5
Alhambra Unified School DistrictAlhambra9/10  Excellent · 86th pct3
Big Creek Elementary School DistrictBig Creek9/10  Excellent · 86th pct1
Burlingame Elementary / San Mateo Union HighBurlingame9/10  Excellent · 86th pct1
Cayucos Elementary School DistrictCayucos9/10  Excellent · 86th pct1
Mattole Unified School DistrictMattole9/10  Excellent · 86th pct2
San Marcos Unified School DistrictSan Marcos9/10  Excellent · 86th pct3
San Mateo Union High School DistrictSan Mateo Union9/10  Excellent · 86th pct3
San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School DistrictSan Mateo-Foster9/10  Excellent · 86th pct2
Bonsall Unified School DistrictBonsall9/10  Excellent · 85th pct1
Glendale Unified School DistrictGlendale9/10  Excellent · 85th pct12
Ripon Unified School DistrictRipon9/10  Excellent · 85th pct1
Roseville City Elementary School DistrictRoseville9/10  Excellent · 84th pct1
Saddleback Valley Unified School DistrictSaddleback Valley9/10  Excellent · 84th pct6
San Mateo-Foster City School DistrictSan Mateo9/10  Excellent · 84th pct1
St. Helena Unified School DistrictSt. Helena9/10  Excellent · 84th pct4
Burbank Unified School DistrictBurbank9/10  Excellent · 83th pct5
Chula Vista Elementary School DistrictChula Vista9/10  Excellent · 83th pct4
Folsom-Cordova Unified School DistrictFolsom-Cordova9/10  Excellent · 83th pct5
Murrieta Valley Unified School DistrictMurrieta Valley9/10  Excellent · 83th pct3
Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa9/10  Excellent · 83th pct8
Placer Hills Union Elementary School DistrictPlacer Hills Union9/10  Excellent · 83th pct3
Campbell Union High School DistrictCampbell Union9/10  Excellent · 82th pct5
Claremont Unified School DistrictClaremont9/10  Excellent · 82th pct2
Santa Clara Unified School DistrictSanta Clara9/10  Excellent · 82th pct5
Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove9/10  Excellent · 81th pct5
Livermore Valley Joint Unified School DistrictLivermore Valley9/10  Excellent · 81th pct2
San Gabriel Unified School DistrictSan Gabriel9/10  Excellent · 81th pct2
Tahoe-Truckee Unified School DistrictTahoe-Truckee9/10  Excellent · 81th pct11
Tustin Unified School DistrictTustin9/10  Excellent · 81th pct3
Kingsburg Joint Union High School DistrictKingsburg9/10  Excellent · 80th pct2
Western Placer Unified School DistrictWestern Placer9/10  Excellent · 80th pct2
Alameda City Unified School DistrictAlameda9/10  Excellent1
Alameda Unified School DistrictAlameda9/10  Excellent1
Bonita Unified School DistrictBonita9/10  Excellent2
Brea-Olinda Unified School DistrictBrea-Olinda9/10  Excellent2
Camptonville Elementary School DistrictCamptonville9/10  Excellent1
Las Virgenes Unified School DistrictLas Virgenes9/10  Excellent2
Fullerton Joint Union High School DistrictFullerton8/10  Good · 79th pct3
Howell Mountain Elementary School DistrictHowell Mountain8/10  Good · 79th pct1
San Lorenzo Valley Unified School DistrictSan Lorenzo Valley8/10  Good · 79th pct5
Santa Cruz City High School DistrictSanta Cruz8/10  Good · 79th pct3
Templeton Unified School DistrictTempleton8/10  Good · 79th pct1
Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco8/10  Good · 78th pct6
Fullerton Elementary School DistrictFullerton8/10  Good · 78th pct2
Moorpark Unified School DistrictMoorpark8/10  Good · 78th pct1
Nevada Joint Union High School DistrictNevada8/10  Good · 78th pct5
Placer Union High School DistrictPlacer Union8/10  Good · 78th pct7
Golden Valley Unified School DistrictGolden Valley8/10  Good · 77th pct1
Liberty Union High School DistrictLiberty Union8/10  Good · 77th pct4
Petaluma City Elementary School DistrictPetaluma8/10  Good · 77th pct1
Petaluma Joint Union High School DistrictPetaluma8/10  Good · 77th pct2
San Diego City Unified School DistrictSan Diego8/10  Good · 77th pct31
San Diego Unified School DistrictLa Jolla8/10  Good · 77th pct4
San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco8/10  Good · 77th pct28
Bret Harte Union High School DistrictBret Harte Union8/10  Good · 76th pct7
Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey8/10  Good · 76th pct9
Chino Valley Unified School DistrictChino Valley8/10  Good · 76th pct3
Lagunitas Elementary School DistrictLagunitas8/10  Good · 76th pct1
Novato Unified School DistrictNovato8/10  Good · 76th pct3
East Side Union High School DistrictEast Side Union8/10  Good · 75th pct12
Holtville Unified School DistrictHoltville8/10  Good · 75th pct1
Imperial Unified School DistrictImperial8/10  Good · 75th pct2
Mendocino Unified School DistrictMendocino8/10  Good · 75th pct7
Orange Unified School DistrictOrange8/10  Good · 75th pct9
Elk Grove Unified School DistrictElk Grove8/10  Good · 74th pct10
Monrovia Unified School DistrictMonrovia8/10  Good · 74th pct1
Redlands Unified School DistrictRedlands8/10  Good · 74th pct7
Charter Oak Unified School DistrictCharter Oak8/10  Good · 73th pct1
Durham Unified School DistrictDurham8/10  Good · 73th pct2
Julian Union High School DistrictJulian Union8/10  Good · 73th pct3
Klamath River Union Elementary School DistrictKlamath River Union8/10  Good · 73th pct1
Redwood City Elementary School DistrictRedwood8/10  Good · 73th pct1
Alpine County Unified School DistrictAlpine8/10  Good · 72th pct3
Alta-Dutch Flat Union Elementary School DistrictAlta-Dutch Flat Union8/10  Good · 72th pct3
Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach8/10  Good · 72th pct17
Santa Barbara Unified School DistrictSanta Barbara8/10  Good · 72th pct3
Santa Cruz City Elementary School DistrictSanta Cruz8/10  Good · 72th pct2
Santa Ynez Valley Union High School DistrictSanta Ynez Valley Union8/10  Good · 72th pct6
Summerville Union High School DistrictSummerville Union8/10  Good · 72th pct5
Surprise Valley Joint Unified School DistrictSurprise Valley8/10  Good · 72th pct4
Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura8/10  Good · 72th pct5
Orcutt Union Elementary School DistrictOrcutt Union8/10  Good · 70th pct2
San Jose Unified School DistrictSan Jose8/10  Good · 70th pct7
Travis Unified School DistrictTravis8/10  Good · 70th pct1
Benicia Unified School DistrictBenicia8/10  Good1
East Whittier City Elementary School DistrictEast Whittier8/10  Good1
Byron Union Elementary School DistrictByron Union7/10  Good · 69th pct1
Columbia Union Elementary School DistrictColumbia Union7/10  Good · 69th pct1
Duarte Unified School DistrictDuarte7/10  Good · 69th pct2
Fallbrook Union Elementary School DistrictFallbrook Union7/10  Good · 69th pct2
Hacienda La Puente Unified School DistrictHacienda La Puente7/10  Good · 69th pct2
Northern Humboldt Union High School DistrictNorthern Humboldt Union7/10  Good · 69th pct7
Sanger Unified School DistrictSanger7/10  Good · 69th pct2
Shasta Union High School DistrictShasta Union7/10  Good · 69th pct11
Simi Valley Unified School DistrictSimi Valley7/10  Good · 69th pct3
Sonora Union High School DistrictSonora Union7/10  Good · 69th pct3
South San Francisco Unified School DistrictSouth San Francisco7/10  Good · 69th pct1
Antelope Elementary School DistrictAntelope7/10  Good · 67th pct4
Lassen View Union Elementary School DistrictLassen View Union7/10  Good · 67th pct1
Martinez Unified School DistrictMartinez7/10  Good · 67th pct1
Scott Valley Unified School DistrictScott Valley7/10  Good · 67th pct3
Trinity Alps Unified School DistrictTrinity Alps7/10  Good · 67th pct2
Covina-Valley Unified School DistrictCovina-Valley7/10  Good · 66th pct3
Downey Unified School DistrictDowney7/10  Good · 66th pct3
Lone Pine Unified School DistrictLone Pine7/10  Good · 66th pct4
Sutter Union High School DistrictSutter Union7/10  Good · 66th pct3
Yreka Union High School DistrictYreka Union7/10  Good · 66th pct5
Delano Joint Union High School DistrictDelano7/10  Good · 65th pct3
El Monte Union High School DistrictEl Monte Union7/10  Good · 65th pct3
New Haven Unified School DistrictUnion City7/10  Good · 65th pct2
Kings Canyon Joint Unified School DistrictKings Canyon7/10  Good · 64th pct7
Oakdale Joint Unified School DistrictOakdale7/10  Good · 64th pct1
Rowland Unified School DistrictRowland7/10  Good · 64th pct2
Upland Unified School DistrictUpland7/10  Good · 64th pct2
West Covina Unified School DistrictWest Covina7/10  Good · 64th pct1
Atascadero Unified School DistrictAtascadero7/10  Good · 63th pct3
Carpinteria Unified School DistrictCarpinteria7/10  Good · 63th pct2
Jefferson Union High School DistrictJefferson Union7/10  Good · 63th pct3
Live Oak Unified School DistrictLive Oak7/10  Good · 63th pct1
Ramona City Unified School DistrictRamona7/10  Good · 63th pct1
Whittier City Elementary School DistrictWhittier7/10  Good · 63th pct1
Whittier Union High School DistrictWhittier Union7/10  Good · 63th pct5
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School DistrictActon-Agua Dulce7/10  Good · 62th pct1
Coast Unified School DistrictCoast7/10  Good · 62th pct2
Gilroy Unified School DistrictGilroy7/10  Good · 62th pct1
Lassen Union High School DistrictLassen Union7/10  Good · 62th pct8
Lincoln Unified School DistrictLincoln7/10  Good · 62th pct1
Mammoth Unified School DistrictMammoth7/10  Good · 62th pct1
Vacaville Unified School DistrictVacaville7/10  Good · 62th pct3
Fowler Unified School DistrictFowler7/10  Good · 61th pct1
Mount Diablo Unified School DistrictMount Diablo7/10  Good · 61th pct7
Yosemite Unified School DistrictYosemite7/10  Good · 61th pct1
Central Union Elementary School DistrictCentral Union7/10  Good1
Chico Unified School DistrictChico7/10  Good4
Lucia Mar Unified School DistrictLucia Mar7/10  Good5
Eastern Sierra Unified School DistrictEastern Sierra6/10  Average · 60th pct7
Grossmont Union High School DistrictGrossmont Union6/10  Average · 60th pct13
Riverside Unified School DistrictRiverside6/10  Average · 60th pct6
San Rafael City Elementary School DistrictSan Rafael6/10  Average · 60th pct1
San Rafael City High School DistrictSan Rafael6/10  Average · 60th pct2
Sweetwater Union High School DistrictSweetwater Union6/10  Average · 60th pct5
Vista Unified School DistrictVista6/10  Average · 60th pct4
Anderson Union High School DistrictAnderson Union6/10  Average · 58th pct2
Brawley Union High School DistrictBrawley Union6/10  Average · 58th pct3
Mariposa County Unified School DistrictMariposa6/10  Average · 58th pct7
Sierra Sands Unified School DistrictSierra Sands6/10  Average · 58th pct4
Silver Valley Unified School DistrictSilver Valley6/10  Average · 58th pct5
Beaumont Unified School DistrictBeaumont6/10  Average · 57th pct1
Buena Park Elementary School DistrictBuena Park6/10  Average · 57th pct1
Central Union High School DistrictCentral Union6/10  Average · 57th pct3
Escalon Unified School DistrictEscalon6/10  Average · 57th pct2
Jefferson Elementary School DistrictDaly City6/10  Average · 57th pct1
Newark Unified School DistrictNewark6/10  Average · 57th pct1
Sierra Unified School DistrictSierra6/10  Average · 57th pct3
Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School DistrictYucaipa-Calimesa6/10  Average · 57th pct2
Calistoga Joint Unified School DistrictCalistoga6/10  Average · 56th pct1
Desert Sands Unified School DistrictDesert Sands6/10  Average · 56th pct7
Galt Joint Union High School DistrictGalt6/10  Average · 56th pct3
Geyserville Unified School DistrictGeyserville6/10  Average · 56th pct1
Mountain Valley Unified School DistrictMountain Valley6/10  Average · 56th pct3
San Benito High School DistrictSan Benito6/10  Average · 56th pct3
Siskiyou Union High School DistrictSiskiyou Union6/10  Average · 56th pct4
West Sonoma County Union High School DistrictWest Sonoma6/10  Average · 56th pct12
Healdsburg Unified School District (7-12)Healdsburg6/10  Average · 54th pct1
Muroc Joint Unified School DistrictMuroc6/10  Average · 54th pct3
Napa Valley Unified School DistrictNapa Valley6/10  Average · 54th pct4
Paso Robles Joint Unified School DistrictPaso Robles6/10  Average · 54th pct1
San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan6/10  Average · 54th pct9
Visalia Unified School DistrictVisalia6/10  Average · 54th pct5
Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower6/10  Average · 53th pct1
Cabrillo Unified School DistrictCabrillo6/10  Average · 53th pct5
Knightsen Elementary School DistrictKnightsen6/10  Average · 53th pct1
Middletown Unified School DistrictMiddletown6/10  Average · 53th pct3
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School DistrictNorwalk-La Mirada6/10  Average · 53th pct3
Windsor Unified School DistrictWindsor6/10  Average · 53th pct1
Bassett Unified School DistrictBassett6/10  Average · 51th pct1
Center Joint Unified School DistrictCenter6/10  Average · 51th pct1
Hughson Unified School DistrictHughson6/10  Average · 51th pct1
Natomas Unified School DistrictNatomas6/10  Average · 51th pct4
Oceanside Unified School DistrictOceanside6/10  Average · 51th pct3
Kerman Unified School DistrictKerman6/10  Average · 50th pct1
Pasadena Unified School DistrictPasadena6/10  Average · 50th pct9
Morgan Hill Unified School DistrictMorgan Hill6/10  Average5
Amador County Unified School DistrictAmador5/10  Average · 49th pct11
Dinuba Unified School DistrictDinuba5/10  Average · 49th pct1
East Nicolaus Joint Union High School DistrictEast Nicolaus5/10  Average · 49th pct3
Fortuna Union High School DistrictFortuna Union5/10  Average · 49th pct8
Gazelle Union Elementary School DistrictGazelle Union5/10  Average · 49th pct1
Gridley Unified School DistrictGridley5/10  Average · 49th pct1
McCloud Union Elementary School DistrictMcCloud Union5/10  Average · 49th pct1
Southern Trinity Joint Unified School DistrictSouthern Trinity5/10  Average · 49th pct2
Central Unified School DistrictCentral5/10  Average · 48th pct3
Colusa Unified School DistrictColusa5/10  Average · 48th pct1
Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School DistrictCutler-Orosi5/10  Average · 48th pct3
Escondido Union Elementary School DistrictEscondido Union5/10  Average · 48th pct2
Escondido Union High School DistrictEscondido Union5/10  Average · 48th pct2
Fairfield-Suisun Unified School DistrictFairfield-Suisun5/10  Average · 48th pct3
Hanford Joint Union High School DistrictHanford5/10  Average · 48th pct1
Santa Rosa High School DistrictSanta Rosa5/10  Average · 48th pct8
Snowline Joint Unified School DistrictSnowline5/10  Average · 48th pct4
Summerville Elementary School DistrictSummerville5/10  Average · 48th pct2
Yuba City Unified School DistrictYuba5/10  Average · 48th pct2
Bear Valley Unified School DistrictBear Valley5/10  Average · 45th pct5
Lindsay Unified School DistrictLindsay5/10  Average · 45th pct1
Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles5/10  Average · 45th pct125
Manteca Unified School DistrictManteca5/10  Average · 45th pct4
Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi5/10  Average · 45th pct3
Tulare Joint Union High School DistrictTulare5/10  Average · 45th pct3
Wasco Union High School DistrictWasco Union5/10  Average · 45th pct2
Washington Unified School DistrictWashington5/10  Average · 45th pct2
Anderson Valley Unified School DistrictAnderson Valley5/10  Average · 44th pct3
Bishop Unified School DistrictBishop5/10  Average · 44th pct1
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School DistrictCotati-Rohnert Park5/10  Average · 44th pct2
Lake Tahoe Unified School DistrictLake Tahoe5/10  Average · 44th pct3
Lodi Unified School DistrictLodi5/10  Average · 44th pct11
Ojai Unified School DistrictOjai5/10  Average · 44th pct1
Plumas Unified School DistrictPlumas5/10  Average · 44th pct13
South Bay Union Elementary School DistrictSouth Bay Union5/10  Average · 44th pct1
Turlock Unified School DistrictTurlock5/10  Average · 44th pct1
Fall River Joint Unified School DistrictFall River5/10  Average · 42th pct6
Modesto City High School DistrictModesto5/10  Average · 42th pct7
Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento5/10  Average · 42th pct13
Tracy Unified School DistrictTracy5/10  Average · 42th pct2
Ballico-Cressey Elementary School DistrictBallico-Cressey5/10  Average · 41th pct1
Exeter Unified School DistrictExeter5/10  Average · 41th pct1
Ferndale Unified School DistrictFerndale5/10  Average · 41th pct1
Oroville Union High School DistrictOroville Union5/10  Average · 41th pct4
Riverdale Joint Unified School DistrictRiverdale5/10  Average · 41th pct1
Los Molinos Unified School DistrictLos Molinos5/10  Average2
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified School DistrictSierra-Plumas5/10  Average11
Baldwin Park Unified School DistrictBaldwin Park4/10  Below Average · 39th pct1
Lompoc Unified School DistrictLompoc4/10  Below Average · 39th pct2
River Delta Joint Unified School DistrictRiver Delta4/10  Below Average · 39th pct7
Black Oak Mine Unified School DistrictBlack Oak Mine4/10  Below Average · 38th pct5
Calipatria Unified School DistrictCalipatria4/10  Below Average · 38th pct2
Dixon Unified School DistrictDixon4/10  Below Average · 38th pct1
El Rancho Unified School DistrictEl Rancho4/10  Below Average · 38th pct1
El Tejon Unified School DistrictEl Tejon4/10  Below Average · 38th pct1
Kern High School DistrictKern4/10  Below Average · 38th pct24
Linden Unified School DistrictLinden4/10  Below Average · 38th pct1
Val Verde Unified School DistrictVal Verde4/10  Below Average · 38th pct2
Lemoore Union High School DistrictLemoore Union4/10  Below Average · 36th pct2
San Ysidro Elementary School DistrictSan Ysidro4/10  Below Average · 36th pct1
Santa Maria Joint Union High School DistrictSanta Maria4/10  Below Average · 36th pct4
Shoreline Unified School DistrictShoreline4/10  Below Average · 36th pct10
Woodland Joint Unified School DistrictWoodland4/10  Below Average · 36th pct5
Alvord Unified School DistrictAlvord4/10  Below Average · 35th pct2
Chawanakee Unified School DistrictChawanakee4/10  Below Average · 35th pct3
Empire Union Elementary School DistrictEmpire Union4/10  Below Average · 35th pct1
Fallbrook Union High School DistrictFallbrook Union4/10  Below Average · 35th pct1
Lake Elsinore Unified School DistrictLake Elsinore4/10  Below Average · 35th pct3
Mendota Unified School DistrictMendota4/10  Below Average · 35th pct1
Palm Springs Unified School DistrictPalm Springs4/10  Below Average · 35th pct7
Paramount Unified School DistrictParamount4/10  Below Average · 35th pct1
San Leandro Unified School DistrictSan Leandro4/10  Below Average · 35th pct2
Arena Union Elementary School DistrictArena Union4/10  Below Average · 33th pct1
Aromas-San Juan Unified School DistrictAromas-San Juan4/10  Below Average · 33th pct2
Azusa Unified School DistrictAzusa4/10  Below Average · 33th pct1
Castle Rock Union Elementary School DistrictCastle Rock Union4/10  Below Average · 33th pct1
Compton Unified School DistrictCompton4/10  Below Average · 33th pct4
Fort Bragg Unified School DistrictFort Bragg4/10  Below Average · 33th pct2
Hilmar Unified School DistrictHilmar4/10  Below Average · 33th pct2
Leggett Valley Unified School DistrictLeggett Valley4/10  Below Average · 33th pct1
Owens Valley Unified School DistrictOwens Valley4/10  Below Average · 33th pct1
Pope Valley Union Elementary School DistrictPope Valley Union4/10  Below Average · 33th pct1
Sonoma Valley Unified School DistrictSonoma Valley4/10  Below Average · 33th pct3
Southern Humboldt Joint Unified School DistrictSouthern Humboldt4/10  Below Average · 33th pct10
Trona Joint Unified School DistrictTrona4/10  Below Average · 33th pct1
Westwood Unified School DistrictWestwood4/10  Below Average · 33th pct1
Pomona Unified School DistrictPomona4/10  Below Average · 30th pct3
Anaheim Union High School DistrictAnaheim Union4/10  Below Average6
Caruthers Unified School DistrictCaruthers4/10  Below Average1
La Honda-Pescadero Unified School DistrictLa Honda-Pescadero4/10  Below Average3
Maxwell Unified School DistrictMaxwell4/10  Below Average2
Pierce Joint Unified School DistrictPierce4/10  Below Average4
Wheatland Elementary School DistrictWheatland4/10  Below Average2
Wheatland Union High School DistrictWheatland Union4/10  Below Average1
Janesville Union Elementary School DistrictJanesville Union3/10  Below Average · 30th pct1
San Bernardino City Unified School DistrictSan Bernardino3/10  Below Average · 30th pct10
Selma Unified School DistrictSelma3/10  Below Average · 30th pct1
South Monterey County Joint Union High School DistrictSouth Monterey3/10  Below Average · 30th pct7
Fontana Unified School DistrictFontana3/10  Below Average · 29th pct3
Riverbank Unified School DistrictRiverbank3/10  Below Average · 29th pct1
South Bay Union School DistrictSouth Bay Union3/10  Below Average · 29th pct1
Twin Rivers Unified School DistrictTwin Rivers3/10  Below Average · 29th pct5
Apple Valley Unified School DistrictApple Valley3/10  Below Average · 28th pct2
Los Banos Unified School DistrictLos Banos3/10  Below Average · 28th pct1
Marysville Joint Unified School DistrictMarysville3/10  Below Average · 28th pct10
Newman-Crows Landing Unified School DistrictNewman-Crows Landing3/10  Below Average · 28th pct3
Butte Valley Unified School DistrictButte Valley3/10  Below Average · 27th pct2
Colton Joint Unified School DistrictColton3/10  Below Average · 27th pct3
El Nido Elementary School DistrictEl Nido3/10  Below Average · 27th pct1
John Swett Unified School DistrictJohn Swett3/10  Below Average · 27th pct3
Laytonville Unified School DistrictLaytonville3/10  Below Average · 27th pct2
Le Grand Union High School DistrictLe Grand Union3/10  Below Average · 27th pct2
Lynwood Unified School DistrictLynwood3/10  Below Average · 27th pct1
Merced Union High School DistrictMerced Union3/10  Below Average · 27th pct8
Potter Valley Community Unified School DistrictPotter Valley3/10  Below Average · 27th pct1
Rim of the World Unified School DistrictRim of the World3/10  Below Average · 27th pct9
Twin Ridges Elementary School DistrictTwin Ridges3/10  Below Average · 27th pct1
Centinela Valley Union High School DistrictCentinela Valley Union3/10  Below Average · 25th pct3
Delhi Unified School DistrictDelhi3/10  Below Average · 25th pct1
Gateway Unified School DistrictGateway3/10  Below Average · 25th pct3
Jurupa Unified School DistrictJurupa3/10  Below Average · 25th pct2
Patterson Joint Unified School DistrictPatterson3/10  Below Average · 25th pct3
Valley Center-Pauma Unified School DistrictValley Center-Pauma3/10  Below Average · 25th pct4
Anaheim Elementary School DistrictAnaheim3/10  Below Average · 23th pct2
Calaveras Unified School DistrictCalaveras3/10  Below Average · 23th pct11
Ceres Unified School DistrictCeres3/10  Below Average · 23th pct1
Cloverdale Unified School DistrictCloverdale3/10  Below Average · 23th pct1
Corcoran Joint Unified School DistrictCorcoran3/10  Below Average · 23th pct1
Hayward Unified School DistrictHayward3/10  Below Average · 23th pct3
Mountain Empire Unified School DistrictMountain Empire3/10  Below Average · 23th pct8
Salinas Union High School DistrictSalinas Union3/10  Below Average · 23th pct6
Del Norte County Unified School DistrictDel Norte3/10  Below Average · 22th pct5
Montebello Unified School DistrictMontebello3/10  Below Average · 22th pct3
Monterey Peninsula Unified School DistrictMonterey Peninsula3/10  Below Average · 22th pct4
Oxnard Union High School DistrictOxnard Union3/10  Below Average · 22th pct8
Santa Paula Unified School District (9-12)Santa Paula3/10  Below Average · 22th pct1
Ukiah Unified School DistrictUkiah3/10  Below Average · 22th pct3
Winters Joint Unified School DistrictWinters3/10  Below Average · 22th pct1
Desert Center Unified School DistrictDesert Center3/10  Below Average · 20th pct1
Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno3/10  Below Average13
Morongo Unified School DistrictMorongo3/10  Below Average5
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School DistrictBig Oak Flat-Groveland2/10  Poor · 19th pct2
Big Valley Joint Unified School DistrictBig Valley2/10  Poor · 19th pct4
Borrego Springs Unified School DistrictBorrego Springs2/10  Poor · 19th pct1
Chowchilla Union High School DistrictChowchilla Union2/10  Poor · 19th pct1
Cuyama Joint Unified School DistrictCuyama2/10  Poor · 19th pct2
Eureka City Unified School DistrictEureka2/10  Poor · 19th pct1
Hemet Unified School DistrictHemet2/10  Poor · 19th pct7
Hesperia Unified School DistrictHesperia2/10  Poor · 19th pct2
Mountain Union Elementary School DistrictMountain Union2/10  Poor · 19th pct2
Paso Robles Joint Unified School District (9-12)Paso Robles2/10  Poor · 19th pct1
Perris Elementary School DistrictPerris2/10  Poor · 19th pct1
Shandon Joint Unified School DistrictShandon2/10  Poor · 19th pct1
West Contra Costa Unified School DistrictWest Contra Costa2/10  Poor · 19th pct9
Bakersfield City School DistrictBakersfield2/10  Poor · 17th pct1
Modoc Joint Unified School DistrictModoc2/10  Poor · 17th pct6
Rialto Unified School DistrictRialto2/10  Poor · 17th pct2
San Jacinto Unified School DistrictSan Jacinto2/10  Poor · 17th pct3
Woodlake Unified School DistrictWoodlake2/10  Poor · 17th pct2
Armona Union Elementary School DistrictArmona Union2/10  Poor · 15th pct1
Hamilton Unified School DistrictHamilton2/10  Poor · 15th pct1
Madera Unified School DistrictMadera2/10  Poor · 15th pct2
McFarland Unified School DistrictMcFarland2/10  Poor · 15th pct1
Moreno Valley Unified School DistrictMoreno Valley2/10  Poor · 15th pct3
Pajaro Valley Joint Unified School DistrictPajaro Valley2/10  Poor · 15th pct3
Pittsburg Unified School DistrictPittsburg2/10  Poor · 15th pct1
San Lorenzo Unified School DistrictSan Lorenzo2/10  Poor · 15th pct2
Santa Ana Unified School DistrictSanta Ana2/10  Poor · 15th pct5
Victor Valley Union High School DistrictVictor Valley Union2/10  Poor · 15th pct5
Bangor Union Elementary School DistrictBangor Union2/10  Poor · 13th pct1
Biggs Unified School DistrictBiggs2/10  Poor · 13th pct2
Calexico Unified School DistrictCalexico2/10  Poor · 13th pct1
Elk Hills Elementary School DistrictElk Hills2/10  Poor · 13th pct1
Fort Sage Unified School DistrictFort Sage2/10  Poor · 13th pct1
Lucerne Valley Unified School DistrictLucerne Valley2/10  Poor · 13th pct2
North Monterey County Unified School DistrictNorth Monterey2/10  Poor · 13th pct2
Orland Joint Unified School DistrictOrland2/10  Poor · 13th pct1
Palo Verde Unified School DistrictPalo Verde2/10  Poor · 13th pct1
Princeton Joint Unified School DistrictPrinceton2/10  Poor · 13th pct3
Soledad Unified School DistrictSoledad2/10  Poor · 13th pct1
Corning Union High School DistrictCorning Union2/10  Poor · 11th pct3
Esparto Unified School DistrictEsparto2/10  Poor · 11th pct6
Modesto City Elementary School DistrictModesto2/10  Poor · 11th pct1
Southern Kern Unified School DistrictSouthern Kern2/10  Poor · 10th pct1
Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton2/10  Poor · 10th pct5
Jamestown Elementary School DistrictJamestown2/10  Poor1
Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland2/10  Poor15
Red Bluff Joint Union High School DistrictRed Bluff2/10  Poor3
Tulelake Basin Joint Unified School DistrictTulelake Basin2/10  Poor1
Antelope Valley Union Joint High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union1/10  Poor · 9th pct11
Lakeport Unified School DistrictLakeport1/10  Poor · 9th pct1
Needles Unified School DistrictNeedles1/10  Poor · 9th pct7
Vallejo City Unified School DistrictVallejo1/10  Poor · 9th pct4
Big Sur Unified School DistrictBig Sur1/10  Poor · 8th pct1
Coachella Valley Unified School DistrictCoachella Valley1/10  Poor · 8th pct3
Death Valley Unified School DistrictDeath Valley1/10  Poor · 8th pct3
Dunsmuir Joint Union High School DistrictDunsmuir1/10  Poor · 8th pct1
Gustine Unified School DistrictGustine1/10  Poor · 8th pct1
Inglewood Unified School DistrictInglewood1/10  Poor · 8th pct5
Kneeland Elementary School DistrictKneeland1/10  Poor · 8th pct1
Lucerne Elementary School DistrictLucerne1/10  Poor · 8th pct2
Point Arena Joint Union High School DistrictPoint Arena1/10  Poor · 8th pct3
Warner Unified School DistrictWarner1/10  Poor · 8th pct2
Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch1/10  Poor · 6th pct2
Barstow Unified School DistrictBarstow1/10  Poor · 6th pct2
Coalinga-Huron Unified School DistrictCoalinga-Huron1/10  Poor · 6th pct2
Hueneme Elementary School DistrictHueneme1/10  Poor · 6th pct1
Willits Unified School DistrictWillits1/10  Poor · 6th pct1
Gerber Union Elementary School DistrictGerber Union1/10  Poor · 5th pct1
Gonzales Unified School DistrictGonzales1/10  Poor · 5th pct1
Laton Joint Unified School DistrictLaton1/10  Poor · 5th pct1
Taft Union High School DistrictTaft Union1/10  Poor · 5th pct2
Denair Unified School DistrictDenair1/10  Poor · 4th pct1
Farmersville Unified School DistrictFarmersville1/10  Poor · 4th pct1
Fillmore Unified School DistrictFillmore1/10  Poor · 4th pct2
Konocti Unified School DistrictKonocti1/10  Poor · 4th pct3
Reef-Sunset Unified School DistrictReef-Sunset1/10  Poor · 4th pct2
San Pasqual Valley Unified School DistrictSan Pasqual Valley1/10  Poor · 4th pct3
Banning Unified School DistrictBanning1/10  Poor · 3th pct4
Horicon Elementary School DistrictHoricon1/10  Poor · 3th pct2
Mojave Unified School DistrictMojave1/10  Poor · 3th pct3
Stony Creek Joint Unified School DistrictStony Creek1/10  Poor · 3th pct1
Alpaugh Unified School DistrictAlpaugh1/10  Poor · 2th pct1
Baker Valley Unified School DistrictBaker Valley1/10  Poor · 2th pct2
Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School DistrictDos Palos-Oro Loma1/10  Poor · 2th pct3
Williams Unified School DistrictWilliams1/10  Poor · 2th pct1
Golden Plains Unified School DistrictGolden Plains1/10  Poor · 1th pct4
Junction Elementary School DistrictJunction1/10  Poor · 1th pct2
Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School DistrictKlamath-Trinity1/10  Poor · 1th pct4
Maricopa Unified School DistrictMaricopa1/10  Poor · 1th pct1
Parlier Unified School DistrictParlier1/10  Poor · 1th pct1
Raisin City Elementary School DistrictRaisin1/10  Poor · 1th pct1
Round Valley Unified School DistrictRound Valley1/10  Poor · 1th pct2
Kelseyville Unified School DistrictKelseyville1/10  Poor2
Upper Lake Unified School DistrictUpper Lake1/10  Poor3
Willows Unified School DistrictWillows1/10  Poor2
Alhambra Unified School District (9-12)AlhambraNot rated1
Alum Rock Union Elementary / East Side Union HighSan JoseNot rated1
Atherton / Menlo Park City ElementaryAthertonNot rated1
Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School DistrictBass LakeNot rated5
Belmont-Redwood Shores School DistrictBelmontNot rated1
Dinuba Unified School District (9-12)DinubaNot rated1
Eureka City Unified School District (7-12)EurekaNot rated1
Exeter Unified School District (9-12)ExeterNot rated1
Gonzales Unified School District (9-12)GonzalesNot rated1
Hughson Unified School District (9-12)HughsonNot rated1
La Cañada Unified School DistrictLa CañadaNot rated1
Lammersville Joint Unified School District (9-12)LammersvilleNot rated1
Oakdale Joint Unified School District (9-12)OakdaleNot rated1
Paradise Unified School DistrictParadiseNot rated4
Perris Union High School District (9-12)Perris UnionNot rated6
Porterville Unified School District (9-12)PortervilleNot rated11
Rancho Santa Fe School DistrictRancho Santa FeNot rated1
Riverdale Joint Unified School District (9-12)RiverdaleNot rated1
Roberts Ferry Union Elementary School DistrictRoberts Ferry UnionNot rated1
Santa Barbara Unified School District (7-12)Santa BarbaraNot rated4
Santa Cruz City High School District (9-12)Santa CruzNot rated2
Scott Valley Unified School District (9-12)Scott ValleyNot rated1
Sierra Unified School District (9-12)SierraNot rated2
Tracy Unified School District (9-12)TracyNot rated2
Trinity Alps Unified School District (9-12)Trinity AlpsNot rated6
Turlock Unified School District (9-12)TurlockNot rated2
Twin Rivers Unified School District (7-12)Twin RiversNot rated1
Twin Rivers Unified School District (9-12)Twin RiversNot rated1
Walnut Creek School District / Mt. Diablo UnifiedWalnut CreekNot rated1
Washington Unified School District (9-12)WashingtonNot rated1
Woodlake Unified School District (9-12)WoodlakeNot rated3
Yosemite Unified School District (9-12)YosemiteNot rated1

School Districts in California

California is home to 526 public school districts serving approximately 4,683,800 students across 1,803+ zip codes. The average district rating statewide is 6/10, based on state reading and math assessment proficiency (NCES EDFacts, 2017–18 — the most recent district-level federal collection we have processed), ranked against other districts in the same state. Directory data (enrollment, schools, contacts) is NCES CCD 2024–25.

Top-rated districts in California include La Canada Unified School District, Los Altos Elementary School District, Los Gatos Union School District / Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High, and 2 more top-rated districts. Use the table above to sort and compare all districts, or click any district name to view its full profile including assigned schools, enrollment, and spending data.

Finding Your District in California

School district boundaries in California are determined by your residential address, not just your city or zip code. In some areas, a single zip code spans multiple districts, or a district may serve students across several zip codes. The most reliable way to confirm your district is to enter your exact zip code in the search tool above.

Why School Districts Matter for Homebuyers

In California, as across the country, school district quality is one of the top three factors homebuyers cite when choosing a neighborhood. Homes in higher-rated districts often command a premium of 5–25% compared to similar homes in adjacent districts. Whether you're buying, renting, or planning a move, understanding which school district serves your address is an essential first step.

Frequently Asked Questions
How many school districts are in California?
California has 526 public school districts covering 1,803+ zip codes and serving an estimated 4,683,800 students. The statewide average district rating is 6/10 based on state assessment data.
How do I find my school district in California?
Enter your 5-digit zip code in the search box above to instantly find your California school district, including ratings, enrollment, and assigned elementary, middle, and high schools.
What is the best school district in California?
The table above is sorted by rating (highest first). Districts rated 9–10/10 are top-tier based on state reading and math proficiency. Click any district name to view its full profile.
Can I search by address instead of zip code?
Yes — on any district page, enter a full street address in the search box and it will resolve to the correct zip code automatically.
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