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ABC Unified

A public school district in Cerritos, California, with 31 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

17,612
Students enrolled
779.3
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,612.7
All staff, full-time equivalent
$17,187
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 17,612 in 2024–25
Ranks 444th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 71st of 1,976 in California. Larger than 97% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $17,187 in fiscal year 2023
More than 60% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

ABC Unified spent $17,187 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,285 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
ABC Unified spent $17,187 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,285 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$17,187$315.5 million18,354
FY2022$15,031$283.9 million18,889
FY2021$12,552$245.3 million19,540
FY2020$12,110$245.5 million20,269
FY2019$12,189$249.4 million20,465
FY2018$11,434$235.0 million20,550
FY2017$10,952$227.4 million20,768
FY2016$10,633$221.8 million20,863
FY2015$9,358$196.5 million20,998
FY2014$8,830$184.1 million20,846
FY2013$8,458$176.2 million20,835
FY2012$8,480$175.4 million20,688
FY2011$8,391$173.5 million20,682
FY2010$8,132$168.7 million20,750
FY2009$8,491$176.5 million20,789
FY2008$8,749$182.5 million20,860
FY2007$8,326$176.1 million21,151
FY2006$7,494$162.3 million21,660
FY2005$7,285$159.9 million21,944

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to ABC Unified by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$30.7 million7.4%
State$284.6 million69.0%
Local$97.1 million23.6%
Total$412.4 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

31 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in ABC Unified
SchoolStudents
ABC Secondary (Alternative)17
ABC Virtual Academy0
Aloha Elementary302
Artesia High1,384
Bragg Elementary602
Burbank (Luther) Elementary421
Carmenita Middle639
Carver (Charles J.) Elementary444
Cerritos Elementary612
Cerritos High1,996
Elliott (William F) Elementary425
Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle291
Furgeson (Venn W.) Elementary297
Gahr (Richard) High1,631
Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary516
Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle403
Hawaiian Elementary298
Juarez (Benito) Elementary295
Kennedy (John F.) Elementary398
Leal (Frank C.) Elementary774
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary338
Niemes (John H.) Elementary631
Nixon (Patricia) Elementary681
Palms Elementary463
Ross (Faye) Middle528
Stowers(Cecil B.) Elementary547
Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle542
Tracy (Wilbur) High (Continuation)164
Whitney (Gretchen) High1,024
Willow Elementary346
Wittmann (Helen) Elementary561

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
0601620

Elsewhere

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