San Mateo Sun

Pacifica School District ranked 11th in attendance within San Mateo County with 3,001 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 San Mateo-Foster City 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.

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