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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
Wheatland
Wheatland, CA
- Students
- 1,333
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $22,326
+34.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.0% enrollment
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Hermosa Beach City Elementary
Hermosa Beach, CA
- Students
- 1,325
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $15,775
+24.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.5% enrollment
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Guadalupe Union Elementary
Guadalupe, CA
- Students
- 1,306
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $21,198
+25.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.8% enrollment
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Cloverdale Unified
Cloverdale, CA
- Students
- 1,303
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $19,838
+17.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.2% enrollment
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Sierra Unified
Prather, CA
- Students
- 1,292
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $20,491
+15.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.7% enrollment
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Palermo Union Elementary
Palermo, CA
- Students
- 1,283
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $19,715
+28.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.0% enrollment
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Denair Unified
Denair, CA
- Students
- 1,273
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $17,910
+4.5% spending / pupil after inflation · 0.0% enrollment
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Black Oak Mine Unified
Georgetown, CA
- Students
- 1,270
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $15,889
+11.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.7% enrollment
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Hillsborough City Elementary
Hillsborough, CA
- Students
- 1,263
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $30,970
+10.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.6% enrollment
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Wright Elementary
Santa Rosa, CA
- Students
- 1,263
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $20,899
+17.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.7% enrollment
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Wilsona Elementary
Palmdale, CA
- Students
- 1,257
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $20,673
+28.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.0% enrollment
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Los Nietos
Whittier, CA
- Students
- 1,251
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $23,591
+19.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -19.7% enrollment
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Piner-Olivet Union Elementary
Santa Rosa, CA
- Students
- 1,247
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $18,868
+1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +17.6% enrollment
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Byron Union Elementary
Byron, CA
- Students
- 1,240
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $17,881
+22.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.9% enrollment
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Kingsburg Joint Union High
Kingsburg, CA
- Students
- 1,227
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $16,915
+11.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.1% enrollment
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John Swett Unified
Rodeo, CA
- Students
- 1,220
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $21,636
+38.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.2% enrollment
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Placerville Union Elementary
Placerville, CA
- Students
- 1,204
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $15,923
+18.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.7% enrollment
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Evergreen Union
Cottonwood, CA
- Students
- 1,197
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $16,255
+13.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.6% enrollment
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Healdsburg Unified
Healdsburg, CA
- Students
- 1,194
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $28,417
+27.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -17.1% enrollment
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Nevada County Office of Education
Grass Valley, CA
- Students
- 1,188
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $31,432
+33.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -17.7% enrollment
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Heber Elementary
Heber, CA
- Students
- 1,186
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $21,769
+32.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.3% enrollment
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Hart-Ransom Union Elementary
Modesto, CA
- Students
- 1,185
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $12,422
+1.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.0% enrollment
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Larkspur-Corte Madera
Larkspur, CA
- Students
- 1,178
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $21,658
+22.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -23.8% enrollment
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McCabe Union Elementary
El Centro, CA
- Students
- 1,164
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $15,312
+17.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.7% enrollment
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Las Lomitas Elementary
Menlo Park, CA
- Students
- 1,161
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $32,152
+11.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment
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Fall River Joint Unified
Burney, CA
- Students
- 1,160
- Schools
- 12
- Spending / pupil
- $18,929
+8.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.3% enrollment
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Taft Union High
Taft, CA
- Students
- 1,138
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $24,903
-11.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +12.0% enrollment
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Arcata Elementary
Arcata, CA
- Students
- 1,137
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $19,262
+24.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.7% enrollment
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Chowchilla Union High
Chowchilla, CA
- Students
- 1,135
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $17,788
+13.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.0% enrollment
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Helendale Elementary
Helendale, CA
- Students
- 1,134
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $15,279
+5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.0% enrollment
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