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California has...

6,298,774 students. Of those students, 46% are Latino, 32.5% are white, 11.1% are Asian, Pacific Islanders, or Filipino, 8.1% are African American, and 0.8% are native American.

9,222 schools. Of those schools, 5,504 are elementary schools, 1,209 are middle or junior high schools, and 1,059 are high schools. Other types of schools include Continuation, Alternative and Special Education Schools.

989 districts. Of those, 328 are unified (K-12) districts, 567 are elementary districts, and 94 are high school districts.

454 charter schools. Charters are independent public schools designed and operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs and others. There are 133,000 students enrolled in those charter schools.

305,855 teachers. Of those teachers, 73.5% are white, 14.2% are Latino, 4.8% are Asian or Pacific Islanders, 1.2% are Filipino, 4.7% are African American, and 0.6% are native American. 139,114 (48.5%) are elementary teachers, 101,876 (35.6%) are middle school teachers and high school teachers.  The average salary for California teachers is $56,283, the national average is $45,810.

California spends approximately $59.2 billion dollars on education from all sources.

Last Updated 03/23/2006

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