Yuba-Sutter Times

Marysville Joint Unified School District had the highest enrollment among Yuba County school districts, welcoming 10,369 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.9% of them were boys, and 49% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Marysville Joint Unified School District students was white, accounting for 31.4% of the student population.

Among the six districts in Yuba County, Plumas Lake Elementary School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,496 students, while Wheatland welcomed 1,361 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Marysville Joint Unified School District roughly covers schools within Yuba County and has a main office in Marysville.

In the previous school year, Marysville Joint Unified School District also had the highest number of students among Yuba County districts.

In the last decade, enrollment in California elementary and secondary schools rose by at least 5%, while high school enrollment dropped 5%.

However, overall enrollment in California public schools is sliding, and the Public Policy Institute of California expects it to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Marysville Joint Unified School District	Marysville	10,369
Plumas Lake Elementary School District	Plumas Lake	1,496
Wheatland	Wheatland	1,361
Wheatland Union High School District	Wheatland	1,096
Yuba County Office of Education	Marysville	622
Camptonville Elementary School District	Camptonville	517