{"id":411781,"date":"2026-07-25T07:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411781\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:34:41","slug":"3-california-school-districts-rank-among-the-most-expensive-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411781\/","title":{"rendered":"3 California school districts rank among the most expensive in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting your kids into one of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/21\/us-news\/2-california-school-districts-rank-among-top-12-best-in-us-niche-says\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California\u2019s most sought-after public school districts<\/a> may require more than good grades, it could take a household income north of $300,000.<\/p>\n<p>Three Golden State school districts landed among the 50 wealthiest in the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/17\/real-estate\/its-cheaper-to-rent-than-buy-in-these-california-cities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with the average family earning well into six figures<\/a>, highlighting the steep cost of living in communities known for highly regarded public schools.<\/p>\n<p>Piedmont City\u2019s STEAM Building. Overaa Construction<\/p>\n<p>Piedmont City Unified School District ranked highest in California at No. 11 nationally, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneylion.com\/trending\/money\/americas-richest-school-districts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">new study by MoneyLion<\/a>, which analyzed 2024 American Community Survey income data for unified school districts.<\/p>\n<p>Families in Piedmont earn an average household income of $414,165, while the district\u2019s median household income tops $250,000.<\/p>\n<p>La Canada Unified School District came in at No. 29, with an average household income of $346,340 and a median of $247,670.<\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto Unified School District rounded out California\u2019s showing at No. 49. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0La Canada High School in the La Canada Unified School District. Homes.com<\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto High School. HED<\/p>\n<p>Households there report an average income of $305,288, while the median household income is $218,111.<\/p>\n<p>While California claimed three spots, New York dominated the rankings with 18 of the nation\u2019s 50 wealthiest school districts.<\/p>\n<p>Scarsdale Union Free School District in New York topped the list overall, where the average household income reaches $619,839, nearly $125,000 higher than second-ranked Riverdale School District 51J in Oregon, where families average $495,040.<\/p>\n<p>Families in Piedmont earn an average household income of $414,165. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>New York dominated the rankings with 18 of the nation\u2019s 50 wealthiest school districts. Long Visual Press\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Texas was the only other state with multiple districts outside the coasts, placing Highland Park Independent School District in Dallas County at No. 6 and Carroll Independent School District at No. 16. Alabama\u2019s Mountain Brook City School District was the only other non-coastal entry, ranking No. 37.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the top 50, Livingston Township School District in New Jersey still required an average household income of $302,041 to make the cut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getting your kids into one of California\u2019s most sought-after public school districts may require more than good grades,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,15251,13879,971],"class_list":["post-411781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-high-schools","tag-income","tag-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}