Big Creek Elementary
A public school district in Big Creek, California, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 21
- Students enrolled
- 2.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 10.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $54,607
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 21 in 2024–25
- Ranks 17,543rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1,945th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 1% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $54,607 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 99% 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
Big Creek Elementary spent $54,607 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $24,257 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
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $54,607 | $1.5 million | 28 |
| FY2022 | $42,324 | $1.4 million | 34 |
| FY2021 | $24,176 | $1.2 million | 51 |
| FY2020 | $25,872 | $1.2 million | 47 |
| FY2019 | $28,022 | $1.3 million | 45 |
| FY2018 | $20,797 | $1.2 million | 59 |
| FY2017 | $21,655 | $1.2 million | 55 |
| FY2016 | $19,847 | $1.2 million | 59 |
| FY2015 | $24,020 | $1.2 million | 51 |
| FY2014 | $17,415 | $1.1 million | 65 |
| FY2013 | $20,712 | $1.1 million | 52 |
| FY2012 | $20,471 | $1.0 million | 51 |
| FY2011 | $17,684 | $1.0 million | 57 |
| FY2010 | $23,947 | $910.0 thousand | 38 |
| FY2009 | $28,906 | $925.0 thousand | 32 |
| FY2008 | $26,903 | $834.0 thousand | 31 |
| FY2007 | $22,622 | $837.0 thousand | 37 |
| FY2006 | $20,805 | $853.0 thousand | 41 |
| FY2005 | $24,257 | $849.0 thousand | 35 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $353.0 thousand | 18.3% |
| State | $412.0 thousand | 21.3% |
| Local | $1.2 million | 60.4% |
| Total | $1.9 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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Big Creek Elementary | 21 |
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 8
- NCES district ID
- 0604860
Elsewhere
- Public schools in California — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in California — A to Z, each with its page.
- California on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved