2025 Census government inventory

Salinas Union High

Independent school district in California. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 178296 · Census county field: Monterey · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

16,225students in the finance record
12operating schools connected
$19,699current spending per pupil
Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment16,2252.6% higher than 2019
Current spending / pupil$19,69923.9% higher than 2019 after inflation · 52.1% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$372.0M43.5% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$222.3M102.7% higher than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 15,818; 2020: 16,257; 2021: 16,423; 2022: 16,525; 2023: 16,337; 2024: 16,22516,62416,17215,719201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $15,893; 2020: $15,297; 2021: $15,566; 2022: $15,858; 2023: $18,869; 2024: $19,699$20,315$17,498$14,681201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20196.4% F69.1% S24.5% L
20205.7% F69.2% S25.2% L
202110.6% F70.6% S18.9% L
202211.1% F65.7% S23.2% L
202310.8% F67.2% S22.0% L
20248.6% F66.6% S24.9% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
201915,818$12,953$228,672,000$259,161,000$109,668,000
202016,257$12,621$231,307,000$229,491,000$147,211,000
202116,423$13,446$295,424,000$245,531,000$143,002,000
202216,525$14,795$298,381,000$287,370,000$141,223,000
202316,337$18,328$373,751,000$368,315,000$216,156,000
202416,225$19,699$368,235,000$372,017,000$222,320,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Schools this system operates

Explore the schools—not just the agency record.

NCES source ↗
Where the money comes from

$368M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal8.6%$31.5M
State66.6%$245M
Local24.9%$91.6M
Total expenditures$372M
Current spending$324M
Instruction$176M
Support services$135M
Capital outlay$31.1M
Debt outstanding$222M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

Salinas Union High

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

Grades07–12
StatusOpen
Address431 West Alisal St., Salinas, CA, 93901
Open district website →
About this school data

Census and NCES records describe this system’s enrollment, finances and schools for the years shown. Board, election and meeting information, when available, has separate sources and dates. An unlisted item means it is not covered here—not that it does not exist. Check the district’s official notices for current meetings and officeholders.

The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
178296
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Secondary Only
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing address431 WEST ALISAL ST · SALINAS, CA · 93901
Reported contact roleSupt

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldMonterey
Reported websiteOpen listed website ↗

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment16,3372023

About these sources and their limits
Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.