Special education schools in California (134)

By city

The 40 largest

School	City	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
Charles Armstrong School	Belmont	2-8	239	5.6	Nonsectarian
Westmark School	Encino	2-12	217	4	Nonsectarian
Chartwell School	Seaside	1-12	191	4.3	Nonsectarian
Sterne School	San Francisco	4-12	181	6.6	Nonsectarian
Port View Preparatory	Ontario	1-12	163	9.6	Nonsectarian
Sierra School of Sacramento	Sacramento	1-12	160	9.4	Nonsectarian
Point Quest Education	Sacramento	K-12	150	12.5	Nonsectarian
Point Quest Central Valley	Lodi	K-12	147	12.2	Nonsectarian
Speech & Language Development Center	Buena Park	K-12	147	9.8	Nonsectarian
The Prentice School	North Tustin	1-8	142	5.7	Nonsectarian
Sierra School	Sacramento	1-12	137	7.6	Nonsectarian
Anova Center for Education Sonoma County	Santa Rosa	2-12	133	11.1	Nonsectarian
Almansor Academy (Institute for Redesign of Learni	South Pasadena	1-12	131	9.4	Nonsectarian
Renaissance Community Prep	La Verne	2-12	127	10.6	Nonsectarian
Marianne Frostig Center of Educational Therapy	Pasadena	2-12	123	10.2	Nonsectarian
Point Quest Education - El Dorado Hills	El Dorado Hills	K-12	115	not reported	Nonsectarian
Sunrise School	Sherman Oaks	PreK-12	110	12.2	Nonsectarian
Olive Crest Academy	Garden Grove	Ungraded	109	10.9	Nonsectarian
Oak Grove Center (Jack Weaver School)	Murrieta	4-12	108	8.6	Nonsectarian
Olive Crest Academy - North	Garden Grove	K-12	106	9.6	Nonsectarian
Rossier Park School	Buena Park	8-12	105	10.5	Nonsectarian
Slauson Learning Center	Inglewood	2-12	104	13	Nonsectarian
Winston School	Del Mar	6-12	94	6.2	Nonsectarian
Hope Technology School	Palo Alto	PreK-12	92	7.3	Nonsectarian
Star Academy	San Rafael	4-12	89	8.1	Nonsectarian
Placer Learning Center	Granite Bay	K-12	87	8.7	Nonsectarian
Sam & Rose Stein Education Center	San Diego	Ungraded	85	7.1	Nonsectarian
Sierra School of Alhambra	Alhambra	1-12	84	7.6	Nonsectarian
Sierra Vista Kirk Baucher School	Modesto	K-8	82	11.7	Nonsectarian
North Bridge Academy	Mill Valley	2-8	82	4	Nonsectarian
San Diego Center for Children Academy	San Diego	1-12	77	9.2	Nonsectarian
Ecf Kayne Eras Center	Culver City	1-12	71	7.1	Nonsectarian
Second Start-Pine Hill School	San Jose	1-12	71	8.9	Nonsectarian
Anova Center for Education	Concord	1-12	71	8.9	Nonsectarian
Slauson Learning Center, No 1	Los Angeles	2-9	71	14.2	Nonsectarian
Bayhill High School	Berkeley	9-12	69	5	Nonsectarian
Vista School	Los Angeles	6-12	69	9.5	Nonsectarian
Irl - Westmoreland Academy	Pasadena	1-12	63	9	Nonsectarian
Irene M. Hunt School	San Anselmo	K-12	63	10.3	Nonsectarian
New Vista School	Laguna Hills	7-12	62	4.4	Nonsectarian

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