El Monte Union High School District ranked 39th in attendance within Los Angeles County with 8,320 students during 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education. The district with the highest enrollment in the county during the school year was Los Angeles Unified School District.
According to numbers provided by the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see a decrease of three percent in public elementary and secondary school enrollment from 2017-2029. The state expected to see the largest drop in enrollment in New Mexico with a projected 12% decrease, while Washington D.C. is projected to see a 14% increase over the same period.
In a survey conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California, seven percent of respondents said large class sizes was the biggest issue facing California’s K-12 schools. In the same survey, 50% of the respondents said they didn’t view the financial resources their local public school was getting as adequate.
Largest 200 California Schools by Enrollment
| Rank | School | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alternative Education-San Joaquin High | 13,364 |
| 2 | River Springs Charter School | 7,363 |
| 3 | Visions In Education | 7,189 |
| 4 | Inspire Charter School – Kern | 6,967 |
| 5 | Granada Hills Charter High | 5,462 |
| 6 | California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles | 5,154 |
| 7 | Eleanor Roosevelt High | 4,692 |
| 8 | Heartland Charter School | 4,661 |
| 9 | Central High East Campus | 4,420 |
| 10 | Inspire Charter School – South | 4,415 |
| 11 | Capistrano Connections Academy | 4,328 |
| 12 | Downey High | 4,303 |
| 13 | Pacific Coast Academy | 4,264 |
| 14 | Paramount High | 4,211 |
| 15 | Polytechnic High | 4,002 |
| 16 | Wilson High | 3,777 |
| 17 | Pittsburg Senior High | 3,688 |
| 18 | Vista Murrieta High | 3,672 |
| 19 | iLEAD Hybrid School | 3,670 |
| 20 | El Camino Real Charter High | 3,661 |
| 21 | California Virtual Academy @ San Diego | 3,643 |
| 22 | Etiwanda High | 3,636 |
| 23 | Santiago High | 3,589 |
| 24 | San Marcos High | 3,582 |
| 25 | Millikan High | 3,484 |
| 26 | James Logan High | 3,472 |
| 27 | Earl Warren High | 3,469 |
| 28 | Rancho Cucamonga High | 3,444 |
| 29 | Fountain Valley High | 3,390 |
| 30 | Dougherty Valley High | 3,384 |
| 31 | Chaffey High | 3,363 |
| 32 | Sanger High | 3,324 |
| 33 | Santa Ana High | 3,323 |
| 34 | Paloma Valley High | 3,311 |
| 35 | Dublin High | 3,286 |
| 36 | San Benito High | 3,285 |
| 37 | Ocean Grove Charter School | 3,265 |
| 38 | Berkeley High | 3,257 |
| 39 | Centennial High | 3,253 |
| 40 | Highlands Elementary | 3,230 |
| 41 | Highlands Community Charter | 3,225 |
| 42 | Los Alamitos High | 3,208 |
| 43 | Upland High | 3,198 |
| 43 | Milpitas High | 3,198 |
| 43 | Pacifica High | 3,198 |
| 46 | Lakewood High | 3,182 |
| 47 | Opportunities for Learning – Baldwin Park | 3,161 |
| 48 | Birmingham Community Charter High | 3,159 |
| 49 | Great Oak High | 3,158 |
| 50 | Assurance Learning Academy | 3,142 |
| 51 | Redondo Union High | 3,117 |
| 52 | Vaughn Next Century Learning Center | 3,094 |
| 53 | Palisades Charter High | 3,087 |
| 54 | Martin Luther King Jr. High | 3,081 |
| 54 | Santa Maria High | 3,081 |
| 56 | Temecula Valley High | 3,064 |
| 57 | Alisal High | 3,042 |
| 58 | William J. (Pete) Knight High | 3,035 |
| 59 | Pioneer Valley High | 3,033 |
| 60 | Arcadia High | 3,032 |
| 61 | Beaumont Senior High | 3,024 |
| 62 | Evergreen Valley High | 2,999 |
| 63 | Quartz Hill High | 2,988 |
| 64 | Calexico High | 2,974 |
| 65 | Bakersfield High | 2,963 |
| 66 | Los Osos High | 2,954 |
| 67 | Clovis High | 2,950 |
| 68 | Sunnyside High | 2,948 |
| 68 | San Clemente High | 2,948 |
| 70 | Huntington Beach High | 2,945 |
| 71 | Cajon High | 2,943 |
| 72 | California High | 2,942 |
| 73 | Arnold O. Beckman High | 2,938 |
| 74 | Grover Cleveland Charter High | 2,935 |
| 75 | Cypress High | 2,933 |
| 76 | Chaparral High | 2,931 |
| 77 | San Juan Hills High | 2,916 |
| 78 | Heritage High | 2,911 |
| 79 | Montclair High | 2,900 |
| 80 | Aliso Niguel High | 2,895 |
| 81 | Lincoln High | 2,894 |
| 82 | Franklin High | 2,883 |
| 83 | Yucaipa High | 2,870 |
| 84 | Santa Monica High | 2,863 |
| 85 | Valley View High | 2,856 |
| 86 | Eastlake High | 2,855 |
| 87 | Mission Hills High | 2,854 |
| 88 | Rialto High | 2,844 |
| 89 | Ridgeview High | 2,831 |
| 90 | El Camino High | 2,827 |
| 91 | Oxnard High | 2,823 |
| 92 | Mayfair High | 2,820 |
| 92 | Independence High | 2,820 |
| 94 | Sweetwater High | 2,809 |
| 95 | Highland High | 2,801 |
| 96 | Madera South High | 2,791 |
| 97 | Lowell High | 2,786 |
| 98 | Anaheim High | 2,777 |
| 99 | California High | 2,771 |
| 100 | Arvin High | 2,764 |
| 100 | Chino Hills High | 2,764 |
| 102 | Golden Valley High | 2,751 |
| 103 | Channel Islands High | 2,750 |
| 104 | Coachella Valley High | 2,745 |
| 105 | Amador Valley High | 2,744 |
| 106 | Liberty High | 2,742 |
| 107 | San Jacinto High | 2,741 |
| 108 | San Pedro Senior High | 2,736 |
| 109 | Katella High | 2,720 |
| 110 | Trabuco Hills High | 2,718 |
| 111 | Clovis East High | 2,715 |
| 111 | San Diego Workforce Innovation High | 2,715 |
| 113 | Westminster High | 2,706 |
| 114 | Arroyo Valley High | 2,704 |
| 115 | San Leandro High | 2,697 |
| 116 | Mira Monte High | 2,678 |
| 117 | Eastside High | 2,674 |
| 117 | Ruben S. Ayala High | 2,674 |
| 119 | Salinas High | 2,660 |
| 120 | Heritage High | 2,654 |
| 121 | Community Collaborative Virtual – Sage Oak Charter | 2,648 |
| 122 | Lancaster High | 2,646 |
| 123 | Buchanan High | 2,643 |
| 124 | Castro Valley High | 2,641 |
| 125 | North Hollywood Senior High | 2,639 |
| 126 | Valencia High | 2,635 |
| 127 | Horizon Charter School | 2,630 |
| 128 | Valencia High | 2,628 |
| 128 | South Sutter Charter School | 2,628 |
| 130 | Summit High | 2,624 |
| 131 | Edison High | 2,617 |
| 132 | Sheldon High | 2,598 |
| 133 | Folsom High | 2,589 |
| 134 | Van Nuys Senior High | 2,582 |
| 135 | Highland High | 2,578 |
| 136 | Troy High | 2,577 |
| 137 | Pleasant Grove High | 2,570 |
| 138 | Crescenta Valley High | 2,569 |
| 138 | La Serna High | 2,569 |
| 140 | Palmdale High | 2,567 |
| 140 | Schurr High | 2,567 |
| 140 | Henry High | 2,567 |
| 143 | Modesto High | 2,565 |
| 144 | California Virtual Academy @ San Joaquin | 2,559 |
| 145 | Fontana High | 2,554 |
| 146 | Torrey Pines High | 2,547 |
| 147 | American High | 2,544 |
| 147 | Diamond Bar High | 2,544 |
| 149 | Polytechnic High | 2,543 |
| 150 | John H. Francis Polytechnic High School | 2,533 |
| 150 | Alexander Hamilton Senior High | 2,533 |
| 152 | Clovis North High | 2,532 |
| 153 | Patriot High | 2,524 |
| 154 | Redwood High | 2,519 |
| 155 | Bullard High | 2,513 |
| 155 | Segerstrom High | 2,513 |
| 157 | La Quinta High | 2,511 |
| 158 | Turlock High | 2,510 |
| 159 | James A. Garfield Senior High | 2,503 |
| 159 | Canyon Crest Academy | 2,503 |
| 161 | Oak Hills High | 2,500 |
| 162 | Silver Creek High | 2,497 |
| 163 | Freedom High | 2,495 |
| 163 | Burbank High | 2,495 |
| 165 | Oak Ridge High | 2,491 |
| 166 | Phineas Banning Senior High | 2,490 |
| 166 | Orange Vista High | 2,490 |
| 168 | Bell Gardens High | 2,483 |
| 169 | Del Norte High | 2,481 |
| 170 | Saugus High | 2,476 |
| 171 | Helix High | 2,469 |
| 172 | Burroughs High | 2,468 |
| 172 | Edison High | 2,468 |
| 174 | Ernest Righetti High | 2,467 |
| 175 | Mira Costa High | 2,463 |
| 176 | Alta Loma High | 2,461 |
| 177 | Murrieta Mesa High | 2,451 |
| 178 | Monte Vista High | 2,441 |
| 179 | Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff’s) | 2,434 |
| 180 | San Ysidro High | 2,428 |
| 181 | James C. Enochs High | 2,424 |
| 182 | Otay Ranch Senior High | 2,410 |
| 183 | Tesoro High | 2,409 |
| 183 | Hector G. Godinez School | 2,409 |
| 185 | Rancho Bernardo High | 2,408 |
| 186 | Hemet High | 2,407 |
| 187 | Sunny Hills High | 2,401 |
| 188 | East Bakersfield High | 2,400 |
| 188 | Hueneme High | 2,400 |
| 190 | Westview High | 2,395 |
| 191 | Foothill High | 2,387 |
| 192 | Bell Senior High | 2,383 |
| 193 | Irvington High | 2,382 |
| 194 | Rio Mesa High | 2,381 |
| 195 | Claremont High | 2,380 |
| 196 | Homestead High | 2,379 |
| 197 | Taft Charter High | 2,375 |
| 198 | Menlo-Atherton High | 2,368 |
| 199 | Glendora High | 2,366 |
| 199 | Eisenhower Senior High | 2,366 |
