Maxson Elementary ranked 1,209th in attendance within Los Angeles County with 503 students enrolled during the 2018-19 school year, according to the California Department of Education. The school with the highest enrollment in the county during the school year was Granada Hills Charter High.
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 | River Springs Charter | 6,324 |
| 2 | Visions In Education | 6,089 |
| 3 | Granada Hills Charter High | 4,698 |
| 4 | Paramount High | 4,602 |
| 5 | Eleanor Roosevelt High | 4,532 |
| 6 | Inspire Charter School – South | 4,466 |
| 7 | Inspire Charter | 4,321 |
| 8 | Central High East Campus | 4,216 |
| 9 | Downey High | 4,117 |
| 10 | Polytechnic High | 4,026 |
| 11 | Capistrano Connections Academy | 3,941 |
| 12 | Santiago High | 3,720 |
| 13 | Wilson High | 3,679 |
| 14 | James Logan High | 3,635 |
| 15 | Inspire Charter School – Kern | 3,599 |
| 16 | Earl Warren High | 3,592 |
| 17 | Pittsburg Senior High | 3,573 |
| 18 | El Camino Real Charter High | 3,562 |
| 19 | California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles | 3,559 |
| 20 | Vista Murrieta High | 3,554 |
| 21 | Fountain Valley High | 3,531 |
| 22 | Millikan High | 3,529 |
| 23 | Etiwanda High | 3,526 |
| 24 | San Marcos High | 3,439 |
| 25 | Rancho Cucamonga High | 3,434 |
| 26 | Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff’s) | 3,417 |
| 27 | Opportunities for Learning – Baldwin Park | 3,408 |
| 28 | Dougherty Valley High | 3,331 |
| 29 | Madera South High | 3,270 |
| 30 | Chaffey High | 3,231 |
| 31 | Lakewood High | 3,224 |
| 32 | Upland High | 3,195 |
| 33 | Milpitas High | 3,177 |
| 34 | Birmingham Community Charter High | 3,165 |
| 35 | Arcadia High | 3,161 |
| 35 | Great Oak High | 3,161 |
| 37 | Berkeley High | 3,154 |
| 38 | Paloma Valley High | 3,146 |
| 39 | Centennial High | 3,142 |
| 40 | Los Alamitos High | 3,137 |
| 41 | Grover Cleveland Charter High | 3,115 |
| 42 | Sanger High | 3,102 |
| 43 | Anaheim High | 3,099 |
| 43 | Pacifica High | 3,099 |
| 45 | Martin Luther King Jr. High | 3,071 |
| 46 | Santa Ana High | 3,057 |
| 47 | Los Osos High | 3,052 |
| 48 | Aliso Niguel High | 3,043 |
| 49 | Redondo Union High | 3,040 |
| 50 | Calexico High | 3,031 |
| 50 | Arnold O. Beckman High | 3,031 |
| 52 | San Clemente High | 3,012 |
| 53 | Vaughn Next Century Learning Center | 3,010 |
| 54 | San Benito High | 3,005 |
| 55 | Huntington Beach High | 2,983 |
| 56 | Dublin High | 2,978 |
| 57 | Quartz Hill High | 2,975 |
| 57 | Chaparral High | 2,975 |
| 59 | Palisades Charter High | 2,964 |
| 59 | Assurance Learning Academy | 2,964 |
| 61 | Evergreen Valley High | 2,961 |
| 62 | El Camino High | 2,958 |
| 63 | Temecula Valley High | 2,914 |
| 64 | Bakersfield High | 2,912 |
| 65 | Eastlake High | 2,908 |
| 66 | Alisal High | 2,904 |
| 67 | Cypress High | 2,903 |
| 68 | Sunnyside High | 2,896 |
| 69 | Mayfair High | 2,889 |
| 70 | Montclair High | 2,882 |
| 71 | Heritage High | 2,875 |
| 72 | Independence High | 2,872 |
| 73 | Valencia High | 2,868 |
| 74 | Beaumont Senior High | 2,858 |
| 75 | Santa Monica High | 2,857 |
| 76 | Lincoln High | 2,854 |
| 77 | William J. (Pete) Knight High | 2,853 |
| 78 | Heartland Charter | 2,849 |
| 79 | Clovis High | 2,848 |
| 80 | Castro Valley High | 2,834 |
| 81 | Yucaipa High | 2,829 |
| 82 | Trabuco Hills High | 2,821 |
| 83 | Cajon High | 2,812 |
| 84 | California High | 2,807 |
| 85 | Pacific Coast Academy | 2,797 |
| 86 | California High | 2,777 |
| 87 | Pioneer Valley High | 2,776 |
| 88 | Lowell High | 2,774 |
| 88 | Chino Hills High | 2,774 |
| 90 | Ruben S. Ayala High | 2,743 |
| 91 | Westminster High | 2,742 |
| 92 | Oxnard High | 2,727 |
| 93 | Buchanan High | 2,726 |
| 94 | iLEAD Hybrid | 2,725 |
| 95 | Valencia High | 2,724 |
| 96 | Schurr High | 2,723 |
| 97 | Santa Maria High | 2,720 |
| 98 | Katella High | 2,718 |
| 99 | Amador Valley High | 2,713 |
| 100 | Rialto High | 2,711 |
| 101 | Diamond Bar High | 2,709 |
| 102 | Liberty High | 2,708 |
| 103 | Highland High | 2,703 |
| 104 | San Jacinto High | 2,676 |
| 105 | San Juan Hills High | 2,671 |
| 106 | Everett Alvarez High | 2,664 |
| 107 | Salinas High | 2,661 |
| 108 | Coachella Valley High | 2,659 |
| 109 | Franklin High | 2,656 |
| 110 | San Leandro High | 2,652 |
| 111 | Arvin High | 2,642 |
| 112 | John H. Francis Polytechnic | 2,639 |
| 113 | Sweetwater High | 2,636 |
| 114 | La Quinta High | 2,635 |
| 115 | Van Nuys Senior High | 2,634 |
| 116 | Ridgeview High | 2,630 |
| 116 | Ocean Grove Charter | 2,630 |
| 118 | Bell Gardens High | 2,628 |
| 119 | Mission Hills High | 2,626 |
| 120 | Arroyo Valley High | 2,621 |
| 121 | Troy High | 2,614 |
| 121 | Inspire Charter School – North | 2,614 |
| 123 | Crescenta Valley High | 2,608 |
| 124 | Lancaster High | 2,607 |
| 125 | Alexander Hamilton Senior High | 2,602 |
| 126 | Edison High | 2,597 |
| 127 | Channel Islands High | 2,596 |
| 128 | Freedom High | 2,589 |
| 128 | Heritage High | 2,589 |
| 130 | Valley View High | 2,573 |
| 131 | Canyon Crest Academy | 2,572 |
| 132 | James A. Garfield Senior High | 2,569 |
| 133 | Clovis East High | 2,567 |
| 134 | Pleasant Grove High | 2,560 |
| 135 | Burbank High | 2,556 |
| 136 | Mira Costa High | 2,552 |
| 137 | Valiant Academy of Southern California | 2,550 |
| 138 | Clovis North High | 2,549 |
| 139 | Alta Loma High | 2,546 |
| 140 | La Serna High | 2,533 |
| 141 | Burroughs High | 2,531 |
| 142 | Turlock High | 2,528 |
| 143 | Bullard High | 2,523 |
| 143 | Palmdale High | 2,523 |
| 143 | Sheldon High | 2,523 |
| 146 | North Hollywood Senior High | 2,522 |
| 147 | Modesto High | 2,514 |
| 147 | Tesoro High | 2,514 |
| 149 | Menlo-Atherton High | 2,498 |
| 149 | Summit High | 2,498 |
| 151 | Golden Valley High | 2,497 |
| 152 | Hemet High | 2,489 |
| 153 | Chula Vista Senior High | 2,487 |
| 154 | Saugus High | 2,481 |
| 155 | Phineas Banning Senior High | 2,478 |
| 156 | Olympian High | 2,476 |
| 157 | Folsom High | 2,472 |
| 158 | Mira Monte High | 2,468 |
| 159 | Foothill High | 2,467 |
| 160 | Woodbridge High | 2,466 |
| 160 | Murrieta Mesa High | 2,466 |
| 162 | Jordan High | 2,465 |
| 162 | Polytechnic High | 2,465 |
| 162 | West Ranch High | 2,465 |
| 165 | Oak Ridge High | 2,461 |
| 166 | Corona del Mar High | 2,454 |
| 166 | Fontana High | 2,454 |
| 168 | Hector G. Godinez | 2,449 |
| 168 | Oak Hills High | 2,449 |
| 170 | American High | 2,448 |
| 170 | Monte Vista High | 2,448 |
| 172 | Corona High | 2,445 |
| 173 | Torrey Pines High | 2,444 |
| 174 | Marina High | 2,443 |
| 175 | Edison High | 2,440 |
| 176 | Eastside High | 2,439 |
| 177 | South Gate Senior High | 2,437 |
| 178 | John F. Kennedy High | 2,435 |
| 178 | Silver Creek High | 2,435 |
| 178 | Segerstrom High | 2,435 |
| 181 | Bellflower High | 2,434 |
| 182 | Helix High | 2,428 |
| 182 | Community Collaborative Virtual – Sage Oak Charter | 2,428 |
| 184 | Newbury Park High | 2,427 |
| 185 | San Ysidro High | 2,426 |
| 186 | Homestead High | 2,425 |
| 187 | Henry High | 2,424 |
| 188 | Patriot High | 2,421 |
| 189 | Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle | 2,419 |
| 189 | Ontario High | 2,419 |
| 191 | California STEAM San Bernardino | 2,412 |
| 192 | Mira Mesa High | 2,400 |
| 193 | San Pedro Senior High | 2,398 |
| 194 | Montebello High | 2,397 |
| 194 | Dana Hills High | 2,397 |
| 196 | Bell Senior High | 2,395 |
| 197 | Alhambra High | 2,389 |
| 198 | Westview High | 2,384 |
| 199 | Glendora High | 2,381 |
| 199 | John Marshall Senior High | 2,381 |
