Central Union High
A public school district in El Centro, California, with 5 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 4,070
- Students enrolled
- 205.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 399.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $19,038
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 4,070 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,379th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 314th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 86% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $19,038 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 69% 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
Central Union High spent $19,038 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,133 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 | $19,038 | $77.9 million | 4,093 |
| FY2022 | $16,425 | $67.6 million | 4,116 |
| FY2021 | $14,577 | $60.3 million | 4,140 |
| FY2020 | $13,337 | $55.5 million | 4,162 |
| FY2019 | $13,804 | $57.3 million | 4,150 |
| FY2018 | $12,429 | $52.0 million | 4,182 |
| FY2017 | $11,768 | $48.5 million | 4,119 |
| FY2016 | $11,349 | $46.8 million | 4,120 |
| FY2015 | $9,703 | $39.8 million | 4,106 |
| FY2014 | $9,386 | $38.2 million | 4,067 |
| FY2013 | $8,090 | $33.3 million | 4,113 |
| FY2012 | $8,321 | $33.8 million | 4,056 |
| FY2011 | $8,223 | $33.0 million | 4,009 |
| FY2010 | $8,260 | $33.9 million | 4,103 |
| FY2009 | $8,183 | $34.1 million | 4,169 |
| FY2008 | $8,313 | $35.1 million | 4,221 |
| FY2007 | $7,992 | $33.9 million | 4,236 |
| FY2006 | $7,520 | $30.9 million | 4,107 |
| FY2005 | $7,133 | $29.5 million | 4,129 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $9.9 million | 8.0% |
| State | $100.5 million | 81.2% |
| Local | $13.4 million | 10.8% |
| Total | $123.8 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
5 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Central Union High | 2,006 |
| Desert Oasis High (Continuation) | 138 |
| Mt. Signal Virtual Academy | 60 |
| Phoenix Rising High | 20 |
| Southwest High | 1,846 |
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
- Grade 9 to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0608010
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