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Ceres Unified

A public school district in Ceres, California, with 24 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

13,692
Students enrolled
588.8
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,470.7
All staff, full-time equivalent
$18,030
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 13,692 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 603rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 105th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $18,030 in fiscal year 2023
More than 65% 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

Ceres Unified spent $19,510 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,345 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

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The figures

Ceres Unified spent $19,510 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,345 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
FY2024$19,510$270.6 million13,868
FY2023$18,030$250.5 million13,894
FY2022$16,252$230.1 million14,160
FY2021$14,347$204.5 million14,251
FY2020$12,588$182.8 million14,522
FY2019$12,822$185.1 million14,437
FY2018$11,492$169.1 million14,714
FY2017$11,268$163.5 million14,507
FY2016$10,360$147.8 million14,269
FY2015$9,688$132.7 million13,694
FY2014$8,384$110.8 million13,220
FY2013$8,217$105.5 million12,839
FY2012$8,144$102.1 million12,532
FY2011$8,116$101.4 million12,491
FY2010$8,252$102.4 million12,409
FY2009$8,360$104.2 million12,468
FY2008$8,225$102.6 million12,476
FY2007$8,178$97.2 million11,885
FY2006$7,805$85.0 million10,896
FY2005$7,345$77.0 million10,479

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Ceres Unified by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$32.9 million10.3%
State$240.5 million75.3%
Local$46.1 million14.4%
Total$319.5 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

24 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Ceres Unified
SchoolStudents
Argus High (Continuation)189
Blaker-Kinser Junior High603
Carroll Fowler Elementary522
Caswell Elementary653
Caswell State Preschool
Central Valley High2,317
Ceres High1,660
Ceres Special Education37
Cesar Chavez Junior High685
Don Pedro Elementary439
Endeavor Alternative98
Joel J. Hidahl Elementary393
La Rosa Elementary516
Lucas Elementary668
M. Robert Adkison Elementary531
Mae Hensley Junior High636
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary503
Samuel Vaughn Elementary570
Sinclear Elementary581
Virginia Parks Elementary643
Walter White Elementary526
Westport Elementary364
Whitmore Charter High96
Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology435

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
0608130

Elsewhere

Sources

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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