Elementary schools

Santa Clarita elementary K-6 level youth are served by four elementary school districts.

First is The Castaic Union School District, which serves Castaic, Val Verde, and a small residential portion of northwestern Valencia. The Newhall School District is the second and serves Newhall, Stevenson Ranch, and southern Valencia. The Saugus Union School District serves k-6 youth in Saugus, northern through central Valencia, and western portion of Canyon Country. Last is the Sulphur Springs School District which serves the k-6 youth throughout most of Canyon Country.

These four school districts administer a total of 37 elementary schools.

Junior high and high schools

Excluding Castaic Middle School, all of the junior high and high school facilities (grades 7-12) serving Santa Clarita are part of the William S. Hart Union High School District.

The district manages seven high schools (Canyon, Castaic, Golden Valley, Hart, Saugus, Valencia, & West Ranch) as well as six junior high schools (Arroyo Seco, La Mesa, Placerita, Rancho Pico, Rio Norte, and Sierra Vista). U.S. News & World Report ranked William S. Hart School District high schools in the top 12% in the nationwide.

Additionally the William S. Hart District includes seven special needs schools, and a middle college high school called Academy of the Canyons, on the College of the Canyons campus.

Private schools

Guidepost Montessori, La Petite Academy, Legacy Christian Academy, Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Santa Clarita Christian School, Trinity Classical Academy, and Tutor Time are among the sought after private schools in Santa Clarita.

Colleges and universities

California Institute of the Arts in Valencia (CalArts)

CalArts is a private art university that was founded in 1961 by Walt Disney, Roy O. Disney, and Nelbert Chouinard. CalArts was the first college created specifically for students of the visual and performing arts. It was created by the merger of Chouinard Art Institute and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and relocated to its current Valencia campus in 1971. CalArts has produced many notables, including Tim Burton, Brad Bird, John Lasseter, Julia Holter, Marina Rosenfeld, Andrew Stanton, & Carl Stone just to name a few.

The Master’s University is a non-denominational, Christian liberal arts university located in Newhall. It was founded as Los Angeles Baptist College and Seminary in 1927. In 1961 it moved to Santa Clarita and later adopted the identity of The Master’s College and then The Master’s University. 

College of the Canyons is a public community college that has two campuses. The main campus is located in Valencia, and the secondary Canyon Country campus is located on Sierra Highway between Skyline Ranch Road and Sand Canyon Road. The 2 campuses make up the Santa Clarita Community College District of California Community Colleges.

Charter College has a campus at the intersection of Soledad Canyon Road and Hidaway Avenue in Canyon Country.[156]