California FFA Makes History

The National FFA Organization is celebrating a new milestone. The school-based student leadership group now counts more than one million members nationwide, including students in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Membership for 2024–25 totals 1,042,245 students across 9,407 chapters. That’s a 1.5 percent increase from the previous year, when FFA broke the million-member mark for the first time.

California continues to be one of the biggest contributors to that total, with more than 108,000 students enrolled in FFA programs across the state. The organization credits its growth to student interest in agriculture, leadership, and career development opportunities.

There’s also a first for California FFA leadership. The California Association, FFA, has announced the appointment of Jill Sperling as the new State Supervisor of Agricultural Education and State FFA Advisor. Her selection by the California Department of Education follows the retirement of Charles Parker. Sperling is the first woman to ever serve in this role in the organization’s nearly 100-year history.