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California school systems.
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1,058school systems
9,143operating schools connected
5,262,282students in finance records
984complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?
California school finance after inflation.
Follow a consistent set of 984 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.
School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.
Useful school-system records
1,058 systems
Schools + finance trendsCA
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Downey, CA
- Students
- 1,597
- Schools
- 10
- Spending / pupil
- $204,113
+43.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -27.9% enrollment
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Central Union Elementary
Lemoore, CA
- Students
- 1,596
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $22,117
+17.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.6% enrollment
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Holtville Unified
Holtville, CA
- Students
- 1,582
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $20,768
+22.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.3% enrollment
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Winters Joint Unified
Winters, CA
- Students
- 1,579
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $19,362
+21.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.5% enrollment
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West Sonoma County Union High
Sebastopol, CA
- Students
- 1,568
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $20,604
+18.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -18.9% enrollment
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Soquel Union Elementary
Capitola, CA
- Students
- 1,566
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $16,591
+18.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -17.3% enrollment
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Grass Valley Elementary
Grass Valley, CA
- Students
- 1,551
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $17,692
+12.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.9% enrollment
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Mount Pleasant Elementary
San Jose, CA
- Students
- 1,549
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $25,066
+34.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -30.5% enrollment
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Willits Unified
Willits, CA
- Students
- 1,546
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $19,926
+14.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.2% enrollment
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Alpine Union Elementary
Alpine, CA
- Students
- 1,539
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $15,983
+20.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.5% enrollment
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Caruthers Unified
Caruthers, CA
- Students
- 1,531
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $20,239
+19.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.5% enrollment
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Thermalito Union Elementary
Oroville, CA
- Students
- 1,520
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $21,767
+25.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.2% enrollment
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Pierce Joint Unified
Arbuckle, CA
- Students
- 1,494
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $14,964
+9.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.0% enrollment
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Roseland
Santa Rosa, CA
- Students
- 1,480
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $37,707
+26.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.8% enrollment
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Middletown Unified
Middletown, CA
- Students
- 1,476
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $16,319
+14.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.2% enrollment
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Riverside County Office of Education
Riverside, CA
- Students
- 1,469
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $166,571
Not available spending / pupil after inflation · Not available enrollment
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Colusa Unified
Colusa, CA
- Students
- 1,464
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $16,900
+19.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.7% enrollment
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Riverdale Joint Unified
Riverdale, CA
- Students
- 1,456
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $20,448
+14.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.8% enrollment
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Auburn Union Elementary
Auburn, CA
- Students
- 1,452
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $17,235
+13.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -22.5% enrollment
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Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary
Grass Valley, CA
- Students
- 1,428
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $14,026
+3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +24.4% enrollment
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Ravenswood City Elementary
East Palo Alto, CA
- Students
- 1,416
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $39,727
+73.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -40.8% enrollment
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Yosemite Unified
Oakhurst, CA
- Students
- 1,414
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $18,144
+18.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.1% enrollment
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Santa Clara County Office of Education
San Jose, CA
- Students
- 1,408
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $197,321
Not available spending / pupil after inflation · Not available enrollment
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Earlimart Elementary
Earlimart, CA
- Students
- 1,391
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $24,709
+44.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -18.4% enrollment
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Golden Plains Unified
San Joaquin, CA
- Students
- 1,388
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $25,653
+28.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.8% enrollment
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Williams Unified
Williams, CA
- Students
- 1,370
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $15,946
+1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.6% enrollment
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Chawanakee Unified
O'Neals, CA
- Students
- 1,361
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $18,945
+33.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.6% enrollment
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Lakeport Unified
Lakeport, CA
- Students
- 1,359
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $19,030
+16.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.7% enrollment
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Willows Unified
Willows, CA
- Students
- 1,357
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $16,276
+31.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment
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Mark West Union Elementary
Santa Rosa, CA
- Students
- 1,342
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $19,376
+36.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.1% enrollment
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