San Fernando Senior High School had 564 ninth-grade students during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
Highlands Community Charter School had the most ninth-grade students enrolled in California with 2,719.
According to the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see public and secondary school enrollment decrease three percent from 2017-2029. The state expected to see the largest drop in enrollment is New Mexico with a projected 12 percent decrease, while Washington D.C. is expected to see a 14 percent increase over the same time 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 percent of the respondents said they did not view the financial resources their local public school was getting as adequate.
Largest 200 California Schools by Enrollment of Ninth-Grade Students
| Rank | School | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highlands Community Charter School | 2,719 |
| 2 | Central High East Campus | 1,316 |
| 3 | Granada Hills Charter High School | 1,244 |
| 4 | Eleanor Roosevelt High School | 1,217 |
| 5 | Downey High School | 1,127 |
| 6 | Polytechnic High School | 1,074 |
| 7 | Paramount High School | 1,071 |
| 8 | Pittsburg Senior High School | 1,021 |
| 9 | Wilson High School | 999 |
| 10 | Vista Murrieta High School | 983 |
| 11 | Etiwanda High School | 977 |
| 12 | Assurance Learning Academy | 934 |
| 13 | Paloma Valley High School | 933 |
| 14 | Sanger High School | 931 |
| 15 | Dublin High School | 929 |
| 16 | San Marcos High School | 917 |
| 17 | El Camino Real Charter High School | 916 |
| 18 | Centennial High School | 911 |
| 19 | San Benito High School | 910 |
| 20 | Millikan High School | 888 |
| 21 | Chaffey High School | 881 |
| 22 | Rancho Cucamonga High School | 879 |
| 23 | Santa Ana High School | 878 |
| 24 | James Logan High School | 869 |
| 25 | Beaumont Senior High School | 862 |
| 26 | Milpitas High School | 861 |
| 26 | Dougherty Valley High School | 861 |
| 28 | Santa Maria High School | 856 |
| 29 | Pacifica High School | 855 |
| 30 | Earl Warren High School | 849 |
| 31 | Los Alamitos High School | 846 |
| 31 | William J. (Pete) Knight High School | 846 |
| 33 | Lakewood High School | 841 |
| 34 | Santiago High School | 838 |
| 34 | Highland High School | 838 |
| 36 | Bakersfield High School | 831 |
| 37 | Palisades Charter High School | 824 |
| 38 | Arroyo Valley High School | 821 |
| 39 | Quartz Hill High School | 818 |
| 39 | Birmingham Community Charter High School | 818 |
| 41 | Redondo Union High School | 817 |
| 42 | Martin Luther King Jr. High School | 816 |
| 43 | Rialto High School | 813 |
| 43 | Berkeley High School | 813 |
| 45 | Arvin High School | 803 |
| 45 | Pioneer Valley High School | 803 |
| 47 | Upland High School | 802 |
| 48 | Great Oak High School | 800 |
| 49 | Valley View High School | 794 |
| 50 | Opportunities for Learning – Baldwin Park | 793 |
| 51 | Alisal High School | 792 |
| 51 | San Pedro Senior High School | 792 |
| 51 | Heritage High School | 792 |
| 54 | Mission Hills High School | 791 |
| 55 | Grover Cleveland Charter High School | 788 |
| 56 | Cajon High School | 784 |
| 57 | Oxnard High School | 778 |
| 57 | Lincoln High School | 778 |
| 59 | Montclair High School | 775 |
| 59 | San Diego Workforce Innovation High School | 775 |
| 61 | Chaparral High School | 774 |
| 61 | North Hollywood Senior High School | 774 |
| 63 | Temecula Valley High School | 772 |
| 64 | Fontana High School | 768 |
| 65 | Sunnyside High School | 765 |
| 66 | Arcadia High School | 764 |
| 67 | Coachella Valley High School | 762 |
| 68 | Ridgeview High School | 759 |
| 69 | Clovis High School | 758 |
| 70 | San Jacinto High School | 757 |
| 70 | Huntington Beach High School | 757 |
| 72 | Yucaipa High School | 755 |
| 73 | Lancaster High School | 753 |
| 73 | California High School | 753 |
| 73 | Eastside High School | 753 |
| 76 | Franklin High School | 750 |
| 77 | Anaheim High School | 746 |
| 78 | Calexico High School | 743 |
| 79 | Clovis East High School | 737 |
| 80 | El Camino High School | 736 |
| 80 | Los Osos High School | 736 |
| 82 | California High School | 735 |
| 82 | Segerstrom High School | 735 |
| 84 | Fresno High School | 732 |
| 85 | Evergreen Valley High School | 731 |
| 85 | Edison High School | 731 |
| 87 | Fountain Valley High School | 730 |
| 88 | Santa Monica High School | 729 |
| 88 | Arnold O. Beckman High School | 729 |
| 90 | San Clemente High School | 727 |
| 91 | Hueneme High School | 725 |
| 91 | San Juan Hills High School | 725 |
| 93 | Golden Valley High School | 723 |
| 94 | Torrey Pines High School | 719 |
| 95 | Roosevelt High School | 715 |
| 96 | Phineas Banning Senior High School | 713 |
| 97 | Independence High School | 709 |
| 97 | Patriot High School | 709 |
| 99 | Channel Islands High School | 707 |
| 100 | Eastlake High School | 706 |
| 100 | Folsom High School | 706 |
| 102 | Van Nuys Senior High School | 704 |
| 103 | Highland High School | 702 |
| 103 | Mira Monte High School | 702 |
| 105 | Cypress High School | 700 |
| 106 | Palmdale High School | 698 |
| 107 | Heritage High School | 697 |
| 108 | Summit High School | 694 |
| 109 | Aliso Niguel High School | 693 |
| 110 | Polytechnic High School | 692 |
| 110 | Salinas High School | 692 |
| 110 | San Leandro High School | 692 |
| 113 | Troy High School | 691 |
| 114 | Trabuco Hills High School | 690 |
| 114 | Pleasant Grove High School | 690 |
| 116 | Redwood High School | 689 |
| 116 | Modesto High School | 689 |
| 116 | Westminster High School | 689 |
| 119 | Katella High School | 687 |
| 119 | Bell Senior High School | 687 |
| 121 | Liberty High School | 680 |
| 122 | Castro Valley High School | 679 |
| 123 | Buchanan High School | 678 |
| 123 | Orange Vista High School | 678 |
| 125 | East Bakersfield High School | 677 |
| 125 | Oak Hills High School | 677 |
| 127 | Amador Valley High School | 676 |
| 128 | John W. North High School | 675 |
| 129 | Chino Hills High School | 672 |
| 130 | Valencia High School | 671 |
| 130 | James A. Garfield Senior High School | 671 |
| 132 | Ernest Righetti High School | 668 |
| 133 | Oak Ridge High School | 663 |
| 134 | La Quinta High School | 662 |
| 135 | Taft Charter High School | 661 |
| 136 | John H. Francis Polytechnic High School | 660 |
| 136 | Joseph A. Gregori High School | 660 |
| 136 | Central Valley High School | 660 |
| 139 | Rio Mesa High School | 657 |
| 140 | Elsinore High School | 656 |
| 141 | Burbank High School | 655 |
| 142 | Saugus High School | 654 |
| 143 | Hector G. Godinez School | 652 |
| 144 | Hemet High School | 651 |
| 145 | Helix High School | 650 |
| 145 | Murrieta Mesa High School | 650 |
| 147 | Lowell High School | 649 |
| 147 | Henry High School | 649 |
| 147 | La Serna High School | 649 |
| 150 | Edison High School | 648 |
| 151 | Bullard High School | 646 |
| 151 | Freedom High School | 646 |
| 151 | Clovis North High School | 646 |
| 154 | Silver Creek High School | 645 |
| 154 | Rancho Bernardo High School | 645 |
| 156 | Mira Costa High School | 643 |
| 157 | Turlock High School | 642 |
| 158 | Diamond Bar High School | 640 |
| 159 | Bonita Vista Senior High School | 638 |
| 160 | Westview High School | 637 |
| 160 | Sheldon High School | 637 |
| 160 | Bell Gardens High School | 637 |
| 163 | Hesperia High School | 636 |
| 163 | Alexander Hamilton Senior High School | 636 |
| 165 | Moreno Valley High School | 635 |
| 165 | Herbert Hoover High School | 635 |
| 165 | Indian Springs High School | 635 |
| 168 | Burroughs High School | 634 |
| 169 | Ruben S. Ayala High School | 633 |
| 169 | Claremont High School | 633 |
| 169 | Alta Vista Innovation High School | 633 |
| 172 | Fontana A.B. Miller High School | 632 |
| 173 | James C. Enochs High School | 631 |
| 174 | Temescal Canyon High School | 629 |
| 174 | Inderkum High School | 629 |
| 176 | American High School | 628 |
| 177 | Alta Loma High School | 627 |
| 178 | Mira Mesa High School | 625 |
| 178 | Canyon Springs High School | 625 |
| 180 | Ramona High School | 624 |
| 181 | Central Union High School | 623 |
| 182 | Eisenhower Senior High School | 622 |
| 182 | Corona High School | 622 |
| 182 | Foothill High School | 622 |
| 185 | Schurr High School | 621 |
| 186 | Paso Robles High School | 620 |
| 186 | Serrano High School | 620 |
| 188 | Granada High School | 619 |
| 189 | Perris High School | 618 |
| 190 | River City High School | 617 |
| 190 | Otay Ranch Senior High School | 617 |
| 190 | Grant Union High School | 617 |
| 190 | Alternative Education-San Joaquin High School | 617 |
| 194 | Independence High School | 616 |
| 195 | Watsonville High School | 615 |
| 195 | Silverado High School | 615 |
| 195 | El Rancho High School | 615 |
| 195 | Del Norte High School | 615 |
| 199 | John F. Kennedy High School | 614 |
| 200 | Sunny Hills High School | 613 |
