1. Directory of nonprofits
  2. Locations
  3. California
  4. California elementary and secondary schools

California elementary and secondary schools

There are 2,986 preschool, elementary, and secondary schools in California. Combined, these Californian elementary and secondary schools employ 152,396 people, earn more than $17 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $30 billion.
Skip to:
Related directory pages:

Types of elementary and secondary schools in California

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Preschool, elementary, and secondary schools
 
2,986
 
$17,372,719,894
Special education schools and programs
 
621
 
$735,254,762
Nurseries, preschools, and kindergartens
 
576
 
$849,925,880
Charter schools
 
523
 
$8,307,086,648
Elementary and primary schools
 
486
 
$2,731,389,308
High schools and secondary schools
 
346
 
$3,537,396,062
Showing 6 of 6 categories

Elementary and secondary schools by major California cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Los Angeles
 
995
 
$6,572,629,960
San Francisco
 
557
 
$3,169,068,931
San Diego
 
221
 
$1,466,648,235
San Jose
 
191
 
$1,400,637,811
Sacramento
 
170
 
$1,129,605,572
Riverside
 
166
 
$1,231,230,629
Oxnard
 
74
 
$536,897,073
Santa Maria
 
61
 
$197,908,877
Santa Rosa
 
57
 
$143,952,620
Fresno
 
45
 
$152,252,777
Showing 10 of 25 metros

Job trends for California elementary and secondary schools

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
242
1-10
 
210
11-25
 
306
26-100
 
581
101 to 1,000
 
417
1,000+
 
9
Key takeaways for employment stats:

Sizes of elementary and secondary schools in California

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
410
$250k to $1M
 
363
$1M to $5M
 
512
$5M to $25M
 
494
$25M to $100M
 
160
$100M+
 
17
Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Directory of elementary and secondary schools in California

Want to add filters to this list, or drill down on results in detail? Open in the Cause IQ search interface
1-20 of 2,986

Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA)

The Orange County School of the Arts provides a creative, challenging, and nurturing environment that offers bright and talented students unparalleled preparation for higher education and a profession in the arts.
Revenue
$47.4m
Assets
$27.7m
Employees
611
EIN
33-0891574
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lycee Francais de San Francisco

Le Lycee Francais de San Francisco was founded in 1967 upon principles of internationalism and inclusivity. Theirunique program, accredited by the French Ministry of Education, helps all of their preschool through 12th grade students build confidence.
Revenue
$35.4m
Assets
$56.0m
Employees
245
EIN
94-1660059
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Thacher School

The Thacher School is a highly selective, co-educational, independent boarding school located in Ojai Valley in Ojai, California. Founded in 1889 as a boys' school, it is now the oldest co-ed boarding school in California.
Revenue
$39.3m
Assets
$306.6m
Employees
250
EIN
95-1642398
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Oakwood School

Oakwood School is a coeducational K-12 independent day school. It was founded in 1951 by a group of parents who wanted to provide their children with an educational experience that was rich in the arts, sciences, and humanities.
Revenue
$54.9m
Assets
$147.2m
Employees
377
EIN
95-1698608
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Archer School for Girls

The Archer School for Girls is an independent, college preparatory girls' school, grades 6-12, located in West Los Angeles, California, United States. Archer currently enrolls 495 students from 81 different zip codes and 155 feeder schools.
Revenue
$33.5m
Assets
$116.6m
Employees
183
EIN
95-4463705
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Seven Hills School

The Seven Hills School mission is to develop the intellect, engage the spirit, and foster respect for, and responsibility to our world.
Revenue
$17.5m
Assets
$33.8m
Employees
128
EIN
94-1628213
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Thomas Edison Charter Academy

The mission of Thomas Edison Charter Academy is to nurture the artistic, social, emotional, and intellectual growth of each child so that all of our students become lifelong learners and innovative problem-solvers.
Revenue
$11.0m
Assets
$13.7m
Employees
145
EIN
91-2162243
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center (Vaughn), located in the city of Pacoima, is a large urban public school operating within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
Revenue
$69.8m
Assets
$233.5m
Employees
659
EIN
95-4423356
IRS type
501(c)(3)

California Online Public Schools

Personalized online public school for grades K-12 with six California Connections Academies locations, empowering global citizens through 21st century resources.
Revenue
$123.9m
Assets
$63.2m
Employees
493
EIN
51-0596749
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Da Vinci Schools

Da Vinci Schools are small, college preparatory K-12 public charter schools in Los Angeles known for project-based learning in the real world, personalized learning, and strategic public-private partnerships.
Revenue
$44.8m
Assets
$28.3m
Employees
300
EIN
26-3405843
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lick-Wilmerding High School (LWHS)

Lick-Wilmerding High School (LWHS) develops the head, heart, and hands of highly motivated students from all walks of life, inspiring them to become lifelong learners who contribute to the world with confidence and compassion.
Revenue
$36.1m
Assets
$176.7m
Employees
212
EIN
94-1186156
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lighthouse Community Public Schools

Lighthouse Community Public Schools prepares diverse students for college or career with self-motivated, lifelong learning skills while disrupting educational inequities.
Revenue
$37.9m
Assets
$103.1m
Employees
338
EIN
94-3370410
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Aspire Public Schools

Aspire Public Schools' purpose is to prepare their 16,000+ TK-12 students for success in college, career, and life.
Revenue
$317.7m
Assets
$415.9m
Employees
2,722
EIN
94-3311088
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Junipero Serra Catholic High School

Catholic high school in San Juan Capistrano that promotes personal and professional excellence through academic, athletic, social and religious instruction.
Revenue
$41.4m
Assets
$144.1m
Employees
347
EIN
33-0901351
IRS type
501(c)(3)

San Francisco University High School (SFUHS)

University High School welcomes students of demonstrated motivation and ability to engage in an education that fosters responsibility and the spirited pursuit of knowledge.
Revenue
$36.7m
Assets
$167.4m
Employees
223
EIN
23-7313754
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chadwick School and Chadwick International

Chadwick School develops K-12 global citizens through diverse participation, with a South Korea campus, and is located in Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Revenue
$95.8m
Assets
$135.9m
Employees
484
EIN
95-0615438
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New Designs Charter Schools

New Designs Charter Schools are committed to the development of a college-preparatory learning environment that enables students to become literate, self-motivated, and life-long learners.
Revenue
$25.4m
Assets
$111.7m
Employees
113
EIN
71-0940292
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Live Oak School

Live Oak School is a private, progressive, co-educational day school for K-8 students. To know a child well is Live Oak's vision, and the responsibility of the entire Live Oak community-- faculty, parents, and the students themselves.
Revenue
$20.6m
Assets
$60.3m
Employees
96
EIN
94-2153158
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Leadership Public Schools (LPS)

To prepare traditionally underserved students to succeed in college and become leaders in their communities while at the same time developing replicable practices that can improve urban education across the nation.
Revenue
$28.7m
Assets
$83.1m
Employees
266
EIN
73-1643646
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Alta Vista School

Alta Vista School offers progressive, science-focused education to 314 students in small class sizes within San Francisco's independent community.
Revenue
$16.1m
Assets
$29.5m
Employees
98
EIN
27-2889011
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Want more insights on elementary and secondary schools in California?
There's a whole lot more to Cause IQ than what you see here. Additional filters, personnel information, peer benchmarking, Salesforce integration, vendor lists, etc. Access all the information your company needs in one place, already collected.
Schedule a demo
Over 200 customers use Cause IQ to grow, maintain, and serve their nonprofit clients.
Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "B20: Elementary, Secondary Education" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
Cause IQ is a website that helps companies grow, maintain, and serve their nonprofit clients, and helps nonprofits find additional foundation funding. Our data and tools help professionals prospect for nonprofits, research opportunities, benchmark their clients, and enrich existing information.
Nonprofits
Product
Customers
About

© 2026 Nonprofit Metrics LLC
Terms of Service and Privacy Policy