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Berkeley Unified

A public school district in Berkeley, California, with 18 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

9,162
Students enrolled
478.9
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,159.7
All staff, full-time equivalent
$22,710
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 9,162 in 2024–25
Ranks 994th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 168th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 94% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $22,710 in fiscal year 2023
More than 81% 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

Berkeley Unified spent $22,710 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,957 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
Berkeley Unified spent $22,710 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,957 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$22,710$206.0 million9,073
FY2022$21,454$196.9 million9,177
FY2021$18,918$178.0 million9,409
FY2020$16,909$166.5 million9,844
FY2019$17,280$169.5 million9,811
FY2018$15,081$155.9 million10,340
FY2017$15,042$154.0 million10,239
FY2016$13,822$144.6 million10,462
FY2015$12,899$134.7 million10,442
FY2014$12,437$126.6 million10,181
FY2013$12,771$124.9 million9,780
FY2012$12,595$120.2 million9,545
FY2011$12,429$117.7 million9,468
FY2010$12,325$113.4 million9,204
FY2009$12,870$115.7 million8,988
FY2008$12,456$111.5 million8,954
FY2007$11,289$102.6 million9,088
FY2006$10,554$95.8 million9,076
FY2005$9,957$88.7 million8,904

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Berkeley Unified by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$9.8 million3.3%
State$120.6 million41.0%
Local$164.0 million55.7%
Total$294.4 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

18 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Berkeley Unified
SchoolStudents
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier407
Berkeley High3,218
Berkeley Independent Study K-819
Berkeley Special Education Preschool
Berkeley Technology Academy54
Cragmont Elementary290
Emerson Elementary283
John Muir Elementary293
Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle462
Malcolm X Elementary469
Martin Luther King Middle851
Oxford Elementary at West Campus254
Rosa Parks Environmental Science393
Ruth Acty Elementary410
Sylvia Mendez Elementary379
Thousand Oaks Elementary337
Washington Elementary401
Willard Middle596

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
0604740

Elsewhere

Sources

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