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Los Angeles Unified School District had the highest enrollment among Los Angeles County school districts, welcoming 536,768 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.3% of them were boys, and 48.6% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Los Angeles Unified School District students was white, accounting for 4.8% of the student population.

Among the 82 districts in Los Angeles County, Long Beach Unified School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 65,401 students, while Glendale Unified School District welcomed 24,412 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Los Angeles Unified School District roughly covers schools within Los Angeles County and has a main office in Los Angeles.

In the previous school year, Los Angeles Unified School District also had the highest number of students among Los Angeles County districts.

In the last decade, enrollment in California elementary and secondary schools rose by at least 5%, while high school enrollment dropped 5%.

However, overall enrollment in California public schools is sliding, and the Public Policy Institute of California expects it to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles	536,768
Long Beach Unified School District	Long Beach	65,401
Glendale Unified School District	Glendale	24,412
Antelope Valley Union High School District	Lancaster	22,743
William S. Hart Union High School District	Santa Clarita	22,429
Downey Unified School District	Downey	22,328
Pomona Unified School District	Pomona	21,993
Torrance Unified School District	Torrance	21,636
Palmdale Elementary School District	Palmdale	21,079
Montebello Unified School District	Montebello	20,395
Compton Unified School District	Compton	20,338
ABC Unified School District	Cerritos	18,304
Hacienda la Puente Unified School District	City Of Industry	16,190
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District	Norwalk	15,382
Pasadena Unified School District	Pasadena	15,257
Lancaster Elementary School District	Lancaster	15,012
Alhambra Unified School District	Alhambra	14,877
West Covina Unified School District	West Covina	14,619
Burbank Unified School District	Burbank	14,397
Walnut Valley Unified School District	Walnut	13,486
Rowland Unified School District	Rowland Heights	13,182
Paramount Unified School District	Paramount	12,698
Lynwood Unified School District	Lynwood	11,920
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District	Acton	11,897
Covina-Valley Unified School District	Covina	11,101
Baldwin Park Unified School District	Baldwin Park	10,697
Whittier Union High School District	Whittier	10,568
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District	Palos Verdes Estates	10,402
Bellflower Unified School District	Bellflower	9,933
Bonita Unified School District	San Dimas	9,919
Las Virgenes Unified School District	Calabasas	9,720
Redondo Beach Unified School District	Redondo Beach	9,522
Saugus Union School District	Santa Clarita	9,095
Los Angeles County Office of Education	Downey	9,044
Inglewood Unified School District	Inglewood	8,939
Westside Union Elementary School District	Quartz Hill	8,910
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District	Santa Monica	8,806
Arcadia Unified School District	Arcadia	8,805
El Monte Union High School District	El Monte	7,860
East Whittier City Elementary School District	Whittier	7,610
El Rancho Unified School District	Pico Rivera	7,100
Hawthorne	Hawthorne	7,090
El Monte City	El Monte	6,995
Culver City Unified School District	Culver City	6,812
Azusa Unified School District	Azusa	6,730
Centinela Valley Union High School District	Lawndale	6,683
Glendora Unified School District	Glendora	6,509
Duarte Unified School District	Duarte	6,395
Claremont Unified School District	Claremont	6,369
Newhall	Valencia	5,925
Manhattan Beach Unified School District	Manhattan Beach	5,870
Lennox	Lennox	5,817
Whittier City Elementary School District	Whittier	5,492
Sulphur Springs Union School District	Canyon Country	5,210
Temple City Unified School District	Temple City	5,196
Lawndale Elementary School District	Lawndale	5,057
Monrovia Unified School District	Monrovia	5,030
Wiseburn Unified School District	El Segundo	4,940
Mountain View Elementary School District	El Monte	4,937
San Gabriel Unified School District	San Gabriel	4,924
South Pasadena Unified School District	South Pasadena	4,622
Garvey Elementary School District	Rosemead	4,276
Charter Oak Unified School District	Covina	4,272
La Canada Unified School District	La Canada	3,871
Little Lake City Elementary School District	Santa Fe Springs	3,779
El Segundo Unified School District	El Segundo	3,506
Beverly Hills Unified School District	Beverly Hills	3,132
Eastside Union Elementary School District	Lancaster	3,122
Lowell Joint	Whittier	3,014
Keppel Union Elementary School District	Pearblossom	2,986
Bassett Unified School District	La Puente	2,945
San Marino Unified School District	San Marino	2,747
Rosemead Elementary School District	Rosemead	2,334
South Whittier Elementary School District	Whittier	2,312
Castaic Union School District	Valencia	1,896
Hermosa Beach City Elementary School District	Hermosa Beach	1,277
Gorman Joint	Gorman	1,271
Los Nietos	Whittier	1,253
Wilsona Elementary School District	Palmdale	1,228
Valle Lindo Elementary School District	South El Monte	890
Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District	Lake Hughes	147
Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary School District	Mt. Baldy	93