School systems & governing boards · CA
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
Anaheim Union High
Anaheim, CA
- Students
- 27,195
- Schools
- 21
- Spending / pupil
- $20,079
+21.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.2% enrollment
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Lodi Unified
Lodi, CA
- Students
- 27,172
- Schools
- 49
- Spending / pupil
- $18,435
+16.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment
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Temecula Valley Unified
Temecula, CA
- Students
- 26,491
- Schools
- 30
- Spending / pupil
- $15,693
+19.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.4% enrollment
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Desert Sands Unified
La Quinta, CA
- Students
- 25,898
- Schools
- 35
- Spending / pupil
- $19,599
+21.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.5% enrollment
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West Contra Costa Unified
Richmond, CA
- Students
- 25,575
- Schools
- 54
- Spending / pupil
- $21,597
+23.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.1% enrollment
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Chino Valley Unified
Chino, CA
- Students
- 25,513
- Schools
- 35
- Spending / pupil
- $15,509
+15.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.5% enrollment
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San Jose Unified
San Jose, CA
- Students
- 25,059
- Schools
- 41
- Spending / pupil
- $19,727
+29.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.8% enrollment
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Glendale Unified
Glendale, CA
- Students
- 25,049
- Schools
- 34
- Spending / pupil
- $16,351
+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.9% enrollment
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Manteca Unified
Manteca, CA
- Students
- 25,000
- Schools
- 29
- Spending / pupil
- $15,599
+4.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.9% enrollment
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Twin Rivers Unified
McClellan, CA
- Students
- 24,386
- Schools
- 44
- Spending / pupil
- $20,757
+15.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.1% enrollment
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Orange Unified
Orange, CA
- Students
- 24,266
- Schools
- 41
- Spending / pupil
- $16,406
+12.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.2% enrollment
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Rialto Unified
Rialto, CA
- Students
- 23,461
- Schools
- 30
- Spending / pupil
- $20,433
+18.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.4% enrollment
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Hesperia Unified
Hesperia, CA
- Students
- 23,382
- Schools
- 25
- Spending / pupil
- $16,011
+2.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.2% enrollment
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Saddleback Valley Unified
Mission Viejo, CA
- Students
- 23,199
- Schools
- 34
- Spending / pupil
- $17,411
+20.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.3% enrollment
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Hemet Unified
Hemet, CA
- Students
- 22,736
- Schools
- 27
- Spending / pupil
- $21,582
+18.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.2% enrollment
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Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified
Placentia, CA
- Students
- 22,705
- Schools
- 34
- Spending / pupil
- $17,021
+21.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.9% enrollment
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Chaffey Joint Union High
Ontario, CA
- Students
- 22,628
- Schools
- 11
- Spending / pupil
- $18,582
+13.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.3% enrollment
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Downey Unified
Downey, CA
- Students
- 22,421
- Schools
- 21
- Spending / pupil
- $19,524
+18.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.6% enrollment
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Murrieta Valley Unified
Murrieta, CA
- Students
- 22,317
- Schools
- 21
- Spending / pupil
- $16,115
+15.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.0% enrollment
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Torrance Unified
Torrance, CA
- Students
- 22,109
- Schools
- 32
- Spending / pupil
- $16,113
+17.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.5% enrollment
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Antelope Valley Union High
Lancaster, CA
- Students
- 21,737
- Schools
- 13
- Spending / pupil
- $17,509
+4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.4% enrollment
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Tustin Unified
Tustin, CA
- Students
- 21,600
- Schools
- 28
- Spending / pupil
- $16,217
+19.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.1% enrollment
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Folsom-Cordova Unified
Rancho Cordova, CA
- Students
- 20,977
- Schools
- 37
- Spending / pupil
- $16,066
+11.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.8% enrollment
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Pomona Unified
Pomona, CA
- Students
- 20,966
- Schools
- 37
- Spending / pupil
- $23,577
+27.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.6% enrollment
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Lake Elsinore Unified
Lake Elsinore, CA
- Students
- 20,769
- Schools
- 25
- Spending / pupil
- $17,548
+8.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.3% enrollment
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William S. Hart Union High
Santa Clarita, CA
- Students
- 20,685
- Schools
- 16
- Spending / pupil
- $16,293
+10.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.7% enrollment
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East Side Union High
San Jose, CA
- Students
- 20,471
- Schools
- 16
- Spending / pupil
- $18,147
+11.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.4% enrollment
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Palm Springs Unified
Palm Springs, CA
- Students
- 20,416
- Schools
- 28
- Spending / pupil
- $22,793
+24.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.0% enrollment
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Fairfield-Suisun Unified
Fairfield, CA
- Students
- 20,413
- Schools
- 31
- Spending / pupil
- $15,709
+14.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.6% enrollment
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Madera Unified
Madera, CA
- Students
- 20,142
- Schools
- 28
- Spending / pupil
- $19,767
+23.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.7% enrollment
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