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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.

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2024 median spending / pupil$19,760Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+18.8%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+45.8%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-7.4%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems984 systems in every year
2019202020212022202320245,679,8155,262,044
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$21,222$17,139

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.

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Cerritos Community College District

NORWALK, CA

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Chabot-Las Positas Community College District

PLEASANTON, CA

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Chaffey Community College District

RANCHO CUCAMANGA, CA

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Citrus Community College District

GLENDORA, CA

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City College of San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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Coast Community College District

COSTA MESA, CA

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College of the Siskiyous

WEED, CA

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Compton Community College District

COMPTON, CA

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Contra Costa Community College District

MARTINEZ, CA

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Copper Mountain Community College District

JOSHUA TREE, CA

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Desert Community College District

PALM DESERT, CA

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El Camino Community College District

TORRANCE, CA

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Feather River Community College District

QUINCY, CA

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Foothill De Anza Community College District

LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA

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Gavilan Community College District

GILROY, CA

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Glendale Community College District

GLENDALE, CA

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Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District

EL CAJON, CA

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Hartnell Community College District

SALINAS, CA

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Imperial Community College District

IMPERIAL, CA

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Kern Community College District

BAKERSFIELD, CA

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Lake Tahoe Community College District

S. LAKE TAHOE, CA

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Lassen Community College District

SUSANVILLE, CA

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Long Beach Community College District

LONG BEACH, CA

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Los Angeles Community College District

LOS ANGELES, CA

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Los Rios Community College District

SACRAMENTO, CA

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Marin Community College District

KENTFIELD, CA

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Mendocino-Lake Community College District

UKIAH, CA

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Merced Community College District

MERCED, CA

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Mira Costa Community College District

OCEANSIDE, CA

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Monterey Peninsula Community College District

MONTEREY, CA

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.