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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
Canyon Elementary
Canyon, CA
- Students
- 69
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $18,580
+11.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.5% enrollment
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McKittrick Elementary
McKittrick, CA
- Students
- 69
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $45,406
+30.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.8% enrollment
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Mulberry Elementary
Brawley, CA
- Students
- 69
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $15,928
-5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.5% enrollment
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Round Valley Joint Elementary
Bishop, CA
- Students
- 69
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $25,971
+72.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -49.6% enrollment
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Pine Ridge Elementary
Auberry, CA
- Students
- 68
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $44,015
+38.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -34.0% enrollment
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Garfield Elementary
Eureka, CA
- Students
- 67
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $18,209
+10.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.7% enrollment
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Midway Elementary
Fellows, CA
- Students
- 67
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $29,970
+10.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.3% enrollment
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Monte Rio Union Elementary
Monte Rio, CA
- Students
- 67
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $33,597
+32.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -20.2% enrollment
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Alpine County Unified
Markleeville, CA
- Students
- 66
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $55,258
+3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.5% enrollment
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Lewiston Elementary
Lewiston, CA
- Students
- 66
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $23,000
+0.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.9% enrollment
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Dunsmuir Joint Union High
Dunsmuir, CA
- Students
- 65
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $37,231
-9.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.6% enrollment
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Peninsula Union
Samoa, CA
- Students
- 65
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $21,154
-14.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +85.7% enrollment
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Meridian Elementary
Meridian, CA
- Students
- 63
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $20,524
-25.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +43.2% enrollment
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Whitmore Union Elementary
WHITMORE, CA
- Students
- 63
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $18,587
-40.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +57.5% enrollment
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Delphic Elementary
Montague, CA
- Students
- 62
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $24,806
+49.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.3% enrollment
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Lagunita Elementary
Salinas, CA
- Students
- 61
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $17,803
+41.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -39.6% enrollment
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Vista del Mar Union
Gaviota, CA
- Students
- 61
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $23,705
-35.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +19.6% enrollment
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Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools
Sonora, CA
- Students
- 60
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $316,150
+70.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -36.2% enrollment
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Snelling-Merced Falls Union Elementary
Snelling, CA
- Students
- 56
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $20,696
+7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -28.2% enrollment
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Mariposa County Office of Education
Mariposa, CA
- Students
- 54
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $140,556
+42.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +20.0% enrollment
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San Benito County Office of Education
Hollister, CA
- Students
- 54
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $290,148
-35.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +86.2% enrollment
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Santa Clara Elementary
Santa Paula, CA
- Students
- 53
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $18,717
+37.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.2% enrollment
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Caliente Union Elementary
Caliente, CA
- Students
- 52
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $23,673
+19.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.1% enrollment
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Camptonville Elementary
Camptonville, CA
- Students
- 50
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $26,100
+17.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.2% enrollment
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McCloud Union Elementary
McCloud, CA
- Students
- 50
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $21,060
+15.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.7% enrollment
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Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary
San Miguel, CA
- Students
- 50
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $23,760
+1.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment
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Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary
Lake Hughes, CA
- Students
- 48
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $53,646
+322.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -75.5% enrollment
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Pope Valley Union Elementary
Pope Valley, CA
- Students
- 48
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $35,125
-11.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.0% enrollment
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Spencer Valley Elementary
Santa Ysabel, CA
- Students
- 47
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $37,447
-52.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.6% enrollment
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Mendocino County Office of Education
Ukiah, CA
- Students
- 43
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $622,233
+98.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -41.9% enrollment
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