San Jose Standard

San Jose Unified School District had the highest enrollment among Santa Clara County school districts, welcoming 26,379 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, 51.4% of them were boys, and 48.5% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among San Jose Unified School District students was white, accounting for 20.6% of the student population.

Among the 31 districts in Santa Clara County, East Side Union High School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 24,281 students, while Santa Clara Unified School District welcomed 13,884 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

San Jose Unified School District roughly covers schools within Santa Clara County and has a main office in San Jose.

In the previous school year, Milpitas Unified School District had the highest number of students among Santa Clara 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
San Jose Unified School District	San Jose	26,379
East Side Union High School District	San Jose	24,281
Santa Clara Unified School District	Santa Clara	13,884
Cupertino Union School District	Cupertino	13,455
Santa Clara County Office of Education	San Jose	11,493
Gilroy Unified School District	Gilroy	10,962
Palo Alto Unified School District	Palo Alto	10,285
Fremont Union High School District	Sunnyvale	9,978
Milpitas Unified School District	Milpitas	9,955
Evergreen Elementary School District	San Jose	8,874
Alum Rock Union Elementary School District	San Jose	8,804
Morgan Hill Unified School District	Morgan Hill	8,649
Oak Grove Elementary School District	San Jose	8,596
Campbell Union High School District	San Jose	8,474
Franklin-McKinley Elementary School District	San Jose	8,097
Campbell Union School District	Campbell	6,243
Berryessa Union Elementary School District	San Jose	5,935
Sunnyvale	Sunnyvale	5,456
Union Elementary School District	San Jose	5,351
Mountain View Whisman	Mountain View	4,509
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District	Mountain View	4,430
Moreland	San Jose	3,930
Los Altos Elementary School District	Los Altos	3,352
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District	Los Gatos	3,261
Cambrian	San Jose	2,916
Los Gatos Union Elementary School District	Los Gatos	2,622
Mount Pleasant Elementary School District	San Jose	1,635
Saratoga Union Elementary School District	Saratoga	1,625
Orchard Elementary School District	San Jose	763
Luther Burbank	San Jose	422
Lakeside Joint	Los Gatos	73