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Big Sur Unified
A public school district in Big Sur, California, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 12
- Students enrolled
- 4.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 8.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $51,316
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 12 in 2024–25
- Ranks 17,632nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1,959th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 156 of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $51,316 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 Sur Unified spent $56,556 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $33,227 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.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $56,556 | $1.0 million | 18 |
| FY2023 | $51,316 | $975,000 | 19 |
| FY2022 | $61,588 | $1.0 million | 17 |
| FY2021 | $97,889 | $881,000 | 9 |
| FY2020 | not reported | $1.0 million | 0 |
| FY2019 | not reported | $955,000 | not reported |
| FY2018 | $15,982 | $1.8 million | 114 |
| FY2017 | $15,780 | $1.7 million | 109 |
| FY2016 | $16,467 | $1.5 million | 92 |
| FY2015 | $14,417 | $1.4 million | 96 |
| FY2014 | $15,488 | $1.3 million | 86 |
| FY2013 | $14,805 | $1.1 million | 77 |
| FY2012 | $15,431 | $1.1 million | 72 |
| FY2011 | $17,000 | $1.0 million | 60 |
| FY2010 | $17,313 | $831,000 | 48 |
| FY2009 | $31,286 | $876,000 | 28 |
| FY2008 | $44,211 | $840,000 | 19 |
| FY2007 | $39,762 | $835,000 | 21 |
| FY2006 | $31,280 | $782,000 | 25 |
| FY2005 | $33,227 | $731,000 | 22 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $18,000 | 1.1% |
| State | $985,000 | 60.2% |
| Local | $632,000 | 38.7% |
| Total | $1.6 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 |
|---|---|
| Pacific Valley (K-12) | 11 |
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
- 0600031
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 30, 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 2024
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 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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