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
Los Angeles Unified
Los Angeles, CA
- Students
- 419,929
- Schools
- 784
- Spending / pupil
- $25,643
+32.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.2% enrollment
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San Diego Unified
San Diego, CA
- Students
- 95,492
- Schools
- 175
- Spending / pupil
- $21,281
+20.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.5% enrollment
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Fresno Unified
Fresno, CA
- Students
- 68,568
- Schools
- 101
- Spending / pupil
- $23,556
+31.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.6% enrollment
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Long Beach Unified
Long Beach, CA
- Students
- 63,966
- Schools
- 82
- Spending / pupil
- $21,042
+30.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.3% enrollment
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Elk Grove Unified
Elk Grove, CA
- Students
- 62,603
- Schools
- 67
- Spending / pupil
- $17,434
+13.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.8% enrollment
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Corona-Norco Unified
Norco, CA
- Students
- 50,256
- Schools
- 53
- Spending / pupil
- $18,317
+28.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.2% enrollment
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San Francisco Unified
San Francisco, CA
- Students
- 48,736
- Schools
- 113
- Spending / pupil
- $25,173
+19.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.2% enrollment
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San Bernardino City Unified
San Bernardino, CA
- Students
- 44,712
- Schools
- 76
- Spending / pupil
- $23,886
+23.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.8% enrollment
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Clovis Unified
Clovis, CA
- Students
- 43,291
- Schools
- 51
- Spending / pupil
- $16,075
+14.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.1% enrollment
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Kern High
Bakersfield, CA
- Students
- 43,116
- Schools
- 25
- Spending / pupil
- $19,073
+11.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.9% enrollment
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Capistrano Unified
San Juan Capistrano, CA
- Students
- 40,836
- Schools
- 59
- Spending / pupil
- $17,395
+32.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.5% enrollment
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Riverside Unified
Riverside, CA
- Students
- 38,855
- Schools
- 49
- Spending / pupil
- $18,390
+12.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.6% enrollment
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San Juan Unified
Carmichael, CA
- Students
- 38,488
- Schools
- 68
- Spending / pupil
- $17,376
+7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.9% enrollment
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Sacramento City Unified
Sacramento, CA
- Students
- 38,268
- Schools
- 73
- Spending / pupil
- $22,776
+26.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.0% enrollment
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Santa Ana Unified
Santa Ana, CA
- Students
- 38,031
- Schools
- 52
- Spending / pupil
- $24,720
+37.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -19.0% enrollment
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Garden Grove Unified
Garden Grove, CA
- Students
- 37,763
- Schools
- 66
- Spending / pupil
- $21,521
+29.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.7% enrollment
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Irvine Unified
Irvine, CA
- Students
- 37,731
- Schools
- 45
- Spending / pupil
- $17,163
+22.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.9% enrollment
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Sweetwater Union High
Chula Vista, CA
- Students
- 35,226
- Schools
- 29
- Spending / pupil
- $16,482
+4.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.1% enrollment
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Poway Unified
San Diego, CA
- Students
- 34,935
- Schools
- 39
- Spending / pupil
- $16,156
+7.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment
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Stockton Unified
Stockton, CA
- Students
- 34,544
- Schools
- 54
- Spending / pupil
- $22,774
+22.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.0% enrollment
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Oakland Unified
Oakland, CA
- Students
- 33,916
- Schools
- 84
- Spending / pupil
- $25,692
+33.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.1% enrollment
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Fontana Unified
Fontana, CA
- Students
- 33,205
- Schools
- 44
- Spending / pupil
- $20,036
+8.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.6% enrollment
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Fremont Unified
Fremont, CA
- Students
- 33,063
- Schools
- 44
- Spending / pupil
- $16,281
+14.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.0% enrollment
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Moreno Valley Unified
Moreno Valley, CA
- Students
- 31,344
- Schools
- 38
- Spending / pupil
- $20,508
+19.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.3% enrollment
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Modesto City Schools
Modesto, CA
- Students
- 29,677
- Schools
- 0
- Spending / pupil
- $19,457
+19.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.1% enrollment
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Mt. Diablo Unified
Concord, CA
- Students
- 29,356
- Schools
- 51
- Spending / pupil
- $16,629
+2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.3% enrollment
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San Ramon Valley Unified
Danville, CA
- Students
- 29,235
- Schools
- 37
- Spending / pupil
- $17,073
+22.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.0% enrollment
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Visalia Unified
Visalia, CA
- Students
- 28,893
- Schools
- 41
- Spending / pupil
- $18,939
+25.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.7% enrollment
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Bakersfield City
Bakersfield, CA
- Students
- 28,761
- Schools
- 45
- Spending / pupil
- $20,798
+15.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.6% enrollment
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Chula Vista Elementary
Chula Vista, CA
- Students
- 28,286
- Schools
- 44
- Spending / pupil
- $18,192
+36.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -18.1% enrollment
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