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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
Sacramento County Office of Education
Mather, CA
- Students
- 932
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $390,488
+234.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.2% enrollment
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Needles Unified
Needles, CA
- Students
- 930
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $21,634
+31.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.3% enrollment
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McKinleyville Union Elementary
McKinleyville, CA
- Students
- 924
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $17,246
+20.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -17.7% enrollment
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Cottonwood Union Elementary
Cottonwood, CA
- Students
- 910
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $16,154
+10.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.4% enrollment
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Spreckels Union Elementary
Spreckels, CA
- Students
- 888
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $13,168
+11.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.5% enrollment
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Valle Lindo Elementary
South El Monte, CA
- Students
- 875
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $20,251
+25.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -19.5% enrollment
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Hope Elementary
Santa Barbara, CA
- Students
- 871
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $20,986
+36.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.3% enrollment
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Planada Elementary
Planada, CA
- Students
- 870
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $23,148
+33.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.4% enrollment
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Yreka Union Elementary
Yreka, CA
- Students
- 869
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $21,213
+43.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.1% enrollment
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Mother Lode Union Elementary
Placerville, CA
- Students
- 863
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $17,545
+26.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.2% enrollment
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Santa Ynez Valley Union High
Solvang, CA
- Students
- 862
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $18,615
+11.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.9% enrollment
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Pixley Union Elementary
Pixley, CA
- Students
- 861
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $22,210
+15.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.5% enrollment
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Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary
Hanford, CA
- Students
- 850
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $13,748
+13.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.2% enrollment
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Lassen Union High
Susanville, CA
- Students
- 845
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $16,968
+7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.4% enrollment
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Sundale Union Elementary
Tulare, CA
- Students
- 844
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $14,429
+9.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.2% enrollment
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Liberty Elementary
Tulare, CA
- Students
- 819
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $10,657
+8.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +23.2% enrollment
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Oak Grove Union Elementary
Santa Rosa, CA
- Students
- 819
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $18,542
+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.0% enrollment
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Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary
Oakhurst, CA
- Students
- 814
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $20,077
+46.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.6% enrollment
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Gravenstein Union Elementary
Sebastopol, CA
- Students
- 810
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $17,677
+24.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.4% enrollment
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Modoc Joint Unified
Alturas, CA
- Students
- 810
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $17,386
+24.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.1% enrollment
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El Dorado County Office of Education
Placerville, CA
- Students
- 809
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $87,099
+44.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -18.0% enrollment
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Jamul-Dulzura Union Elementary
Jamul, CA
- Students
- 801
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $16,333
+12.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.8% enrollment
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Antelope Elementary
Red Bluff, CA
- Students
- 798
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $16,979
+26.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.8% enrollment
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Sutter Union High
Sutter, CA
- Students
- 795
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $16,040
+16.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.6% enrollment
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Waugh Elementary
Petaluma, CA
- Students
- 791
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $14,794
+12.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment
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Calistoga Joint Unified
Calistoga, CA
- Students
- 790
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $31,842
+26.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.7% enrollment
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Columbia Elementary
Redding, CA
- Students
- 782
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $20,059
+26.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.7% enrollment
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Kernville Union Elementary
Lake Isabella, CA
- Students
- 779
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $23,261
+33.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.5% enrollment
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Mark Twain Union Elementary
Angels Camp, CA
- Students
- 767
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $15,471
+13.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.3% enrollment
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Placer Hills Union Elementary
Meadow Vista, CA
- Students
- 762
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $15,031
+15.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.8% enrollment
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