Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary School District ranked 11th in attendance within Kings County with 840 students during 2019-2020 school year, according to the California Department of Education. The district with the highest enrollment in the county during the school year was Hanford Elementary 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 2017-2019. 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 | Inspire Charter School – Kern | 7,098 |
| 2 | River Springs Charter School | 6,670 |
| 3 | Visions In Education | 6,634 |
| 4 | Granada Hills Charter High | 5,124 |
| 5 | Eleanor Roosevelt High | 4,645 |
| 6 | Inspire Charter School – South | 4,492 |
| 7 | Paramount High | 4,361 |
| 8 | Central High East Campus | 4,252 |
| 9 | Downey High | 4,179 |
| 10 | Heartland Charter School | 4,171 |
| 11 | Capistrano Connections Academy | 4,039 |
| 12 | Pacific Coast Academy | 3,978 |
| 13 | Polytechnic High | 3,965 |
| 14 | Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff’s) | 3,729 |
| 15 | Santiago High | 3,710 |
| 16 | Wilson High | 3,704 |
| 17 | California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles | 3,684 |
| 18 | James Logan High | 3,650 |
| 19 | Pittsburg Senior High | 3,604 |
| 20 | Etiwanda High | 3,588 |
| 21 | Vista Murrieta High | 3,574 |
| 22 | San Marcos High | 3,556 |
| 23 | Fountain Valley High | 3,530 |
| 24 | El Camino Real Charter High | 3,523 |
| 25 | Earl Warren High | 3,504 |
| 26 | Millikan High | 3,503 |
| 27 | iLEAD Hybrid School | 3,450 |
| 28 | Madera South High | 3,405 |
| 29 | Rancho Cucamonga High | 3,397 |
| 30 | Dougherty Valley High | 3,378 |
| 31 | Highlands Community Charter | 3,336 |
| 32 | Chaffey High | 3,277 |
| 33 | Lakewood High | 3,267 |
| 34 | Santa Ana High | 3,260 |
| 35 | Sanger High | 3,259 |
| 36 | Berkeley High | 3,255 |
| 37 | Upland High | 3,242 |
| 38 | Great Oak High | 3,203 |
| 39 | Opportunities for Learning – Baldwin Park | 3,185 |
| 40 | Paloma Valley High | 3,174 |
| 41 | Centennial High | 3,171 |
| 42 | Dublin High | 3,168 |
| 43 | Los Alamitos High | 3,160 |
| 44 | Milpitas High | 3,132 |
| 45 | Redondo Union High | 3,103 |
| 46 | San Benito High | 3,099 |
| 47 | Arcadia High | 3,087 |
| 48 | Temecula Valley High | 3,082 |
| 49 | Birmingham Community Charter High | 3,061 |
| 50 | Vaughn Next Century Learning Center | 3,058 |
| 50 | Martin Luther King Jr. High | 3,058 |
| 52 | Assurance Learning Academy | 3,056 |
| 53 | Pacifica High | 3,051 |
| 54 | Grover Cleveland Charter High | 3,050 |
| 55 | Palisades Charter High | 3,042 |
| 56 | Aliso Niguel High | 3,036 |
| 57 | Sunnyside High | 3,021 |
| 58 | Anaheim High | 3,016 |
| 59 | Quartz Hill High | 3,013 |
| 60 | San Clemente High | 2,992 |
| 61 | Beaumont Senior High | 2,990 |
| 62 | Alisal High | 2,988 |
| 63 | Evergreen Valley High | 2,978 |
| 64 | Calexico High | 2,974 |
| 65 | Los Osos High | 2,970 |
| 66 | Cypress High | 2,968 |
| 67 | Cajon High | 2,959 |
| 68 | Huntington Beach High | 2,951 |
| 68 | Arnold O. Beckman High | 2,951 |
| 70 | El Camino High | 2,950 |
| 71 | Pioneer Valley High | 2,947 |
| 72 | Eastlake High | 2,945 |
| 73 | Clovis High | 2,944 |
| 74 | Chaparral High | 2,924 |
| 75 | William J. (Pete) Knight High | 2,919 |
| 76 | Bakersfield High | 2,902 |
| 77 | Santa Maria High | 2,897 |
| 78 | Lincoln High | 2,894 |
| 79 | California High | 2,882 |
| 80 | Independence High | 2,879 |
| 81 | Heritage High | 2,878 |
| 82 | Montclair High | 2,876 |
| 83 | Lowell High | 2,871 |
| 84 | Yucaipa High | 2,866 |
| 85 | Mayfair High | 2,856 |
| 86 | Castro Valley High | 2,853 |
| 87 | Franklin High | 2,837 |
| 88 | Ocean Grove Charter School | 2,830 |
| 89 | Rialto High | 2,825 |
| 90 | Santa Monica High | 2,816 |
| 91 | California High | 2,813 |
| 92 | San Juan Hills High | 2,811 |
| 93 | Chino Hills High | 2,801 |
| 94 | Liberty High | 2,795 |
| 95 | Trabuco Hills High | 2,788 |
| 96 | Katella High | 2,785 |
| 97 | Oxnard High | 2,774 |
| 98 | Westminster High | 2,758 |
| 99 | San Jacinto High | 2,748 |
| 100 | Channel Islands High | 2,739 |
| 101 | Ruben S. Ayala High | 2,738 |
| 102 | Amador Valley High | 2,734 |
| 103 | Highland High | 2,733 |
| 103 | Sweetwater High | 2,733 |
| 105 | Arroyo Valley High | 2,732 |
| 106 | Mission Hills High | 2,717 |
| 107 | Valencia High | 2,713 |
| 108 | San Leandro High | 2,711 |
| 109 | Buchanan High | 2,706 |
| 109 | Coachella Valley High | 2,706 |
| 111 | Valley View High | 2,697 |
| 112 | Arvin High | 2,695 |
| 112 | Valencia High | 2,695 |
| 114 | Salinas High | 2,688 |
| 115 | Ridgeview High | 2,673 |
| 116 | Lancaster High | 2,669 |
| 117 | Schurr High | 2,663 |
| 118 | Clovis East High | 2,649 |
| 119 | Crescenta Valley High | 2,643 |
| 120 | Diamond Bar High | 2,625 |
| 121 | Golden Valley High | 2,620 |
| 122 | Bullard High | 2,611 |
| 123 | Troy High | 2,602 |
| 124 | Van Nuys Senior High | 2,599 |
| 125 | Heritage High | 2,595 |
| 126 | Sheldon High | 2,588 |
| 127 | Alexander Hamilton Senior High | 2,586 |
| 128 | North Hollywood Senior High | 2,579 |
| 129 | Mira Monte High | 2,576 |
| 130 | La Serna High | 2,566 |
| 131 | Edison High | 2,565 |
| 132 | John H. Francis Polytechnic High School | 2,555 |
| 132 | Pleasant Grove High | 2,555 |
| 134 | Henry High | 2,554 |
| 135 | San Pedro Senior High | 2,549 |
| 136 | Folsom High | 2,548 |
| 137 | Turlock High | 2,547 |
| 138 | Freedom High | 2,545 |
| 139 | Mira Costa High | 2,538 |
| 140 | Burbank High | 2,535 |
| 140 | La Quinta High | 2,535 |
| 142 | Canyon Crest Academy | 2,533 |
| 143 | Palmdale High | 2,530 |
| 143 | James A. Garfield Senior High | 2,530 |
| 145 | Oak Hills High | 2,529 |
| 146 | Saugus High | 2,526 |
| 147 | Summit High | 2,524 |
| 148 | Clovis North High | 2,523 |
| 149 | Bell Gardens High | 2,520 |
| 150 | American High | 2,519 |
| 151 | Eastside High | 2,518 |
| 151 | Tesoro High | 2,518 |
| 151 | Alta Loma High | 2,518 |
| 151 | San Diego Workforce Innovation High | 2,518 |
| 155 | Polytechnic High | 2,515 |
| 156 | Community Collaborative Virtual – Sage Oak Charter | 2,514 |
| 157 | Modesto High | 2,507 |
| 158 | Hemet High | 2,486 |
| 159 | Segerstrom High | 2,480 |
| 160 | Fontana High | 2,479 |
| 160 | Torrey Pines High | 2,479 |
| 162 | Orange Vista High | 2,474 |
| 163 | Oak Ridge High | 2,470 |
| 164 | Monte Vista High | 2,467 |
| 165 | Burroughs High | 2,463 |
| 166 | Del Norte High | 2,459 |
| 167 | Riverside Preparatory | 2,456 |
| 168 | Helix High | 2,449 |
| 169 | Ernest Righetti High | 2,435 |
| 170 | Edison High | 2,433 |
| 170 | Menlo-Atherton High | 2,433 |
| 172 | Phineas Banning Senior High | 2,430 |
| 172 | Homestead High | 2,430 |
| 172 | Newbury Park High | 2,430 |
| 175 | Murrieta Mesa High | 2,429 |
| 176 | Silver Creek High | 2,428 |
| 177 | Foothill High | 2,424 |
| 177 | Eisenhower Senior High | 2,424 |
| 179 | Corona del Mar High | 2,416 |
| 180 | Woodbridge High | 2,413 |
| 181 | Marina High | 2,411 |
| 182 | San Ysidro High | 2,409 |
| 183 | C.K. McClatchy High | 2,407 |
| 184 | Olympian High | 2,406 |
| 185 | Carlsbad High | 2,404 |
| 185 | Redwood High | 2,404 |
| 187 | California Virtual Academy @ San Diego | 2,402 |
| 188 | Chula Vista Senior High | 2,398 |
| 189 | Otay Ranch Senior High | 2,396 |
| 190 | Patriot High | 2,388 |
| 191 | East Bakersfield High | 2,386 |
| 192 | Highland High | 2,384 |
| 193 | Jordan High | 2,380 |
| 194 | Westview High | 2,376 |
| 195 | Montebello High | 2,375 |
| 195 | Bloomington High | 2,375 |
| 197 | Edison High | 2,372 |
| 198 | Irvington High | 2,367 |
| 199 | James C. Enochs High | 2,363 |
| 200 | Wilmer Amina Carter High | 2,361 |
