California school districts are of several varieties, usually a Unified district, which includes all of the Elementary and High Schools in the same geographic area; Elementary school districts, which includes K–6 or K–8 schools only, which may have several elementary districts within one high school district's geographic area; and High School Districts, which include one or more high schools in the same geographic area. Elementary districts sometimes includes the word Elementary within their names, but often do not. Sometimes the words Joint and/or Union are included in the district's name. A joint school district serves students from more than one county. A union elementary school district was formed as the result of a merger between two previous school districts, while a union high school district serves students from multiple elementary school districts.
The typical district grade configurations in California are elementary (K–8), high (9–12), and unified (K–12), but there are some K–6 elementary districts and a handful of 7–12 high school districts. Districts sometimes merge or consolidate; the number of districts can change annually.
Most of these are listed here, by their public name which they call themselves on their District websites.
Alameda County
Alpine County
Alpine County Unified School District
Amador County
Amador County Unified School District
Butte County
Calaveras County
Colusa County
Contra Costa County
Del Norte County
Del Norte Unified School District
El Dorado County
Fresno County
Glenn County
Humboldt County
Imperial County
Inyo County
Kern County
Kings County
Lake County
Lassen County
Los Angeles County
Madera County
Marin County
Mariposa County
Mariposa County Unified School District
Mendocino County
Merced County
Modoc County
Mono County
Monterey County
Napa County
Nevada County
Orange County
Placer County
Plumas County
Plumas Unified School District
Riverside County
Sacramento County
San Benito County
San Bernardino County
San Diego County
San Francisco County
San Francisco Unified School District
San Joaquin County
San Luis Obispo County
San Mateo County
Santa Barbara County
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz County
Shasta County
Sierra County
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified School District
Siskiyou County
Solano County
Sonoma County
Stanislaus County
Sutter County
Tehama County
Trinity County
Tulare County
Tuolumne County
Ventura County
Yolo County
Yuba County
See also
Education in the United States
Lists of school districts in the United States
List of closed secondary schools in California
References
External links
California school districts Look up test scores, parent reviews and teacher & student stats for any school in California.