Dehesa Elementary
A public school district in El Cajon, California, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 401
- Students enrolled
- 27.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 43.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $35,238
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 401 in 2024–25
- Ranks 12,120th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1,191st of 1,976 in California. Larger than 31% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $35,238 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 96% 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
Dehesa Elementary spent $35,238 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $11,505 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 | $35,238 | $3.0 million | 84 |
| FY2022 | $35,562 | $3.7 million | 105 |
| FY2021 | $25,766 | $3.2 million | 124 |
| FY2020 | $30,277 | $4.7 million | 155 |
| FY2019 | $28,138 | $3.9 million | 138 |
| FY2018 | $2,207 | $19.1 million | 8,677 |
| FY2017 | $3,133 | $19.8 million | 6,322 |
| FY2016 | $4,279 | $16.6 million | 3,883 |
| FY2015 | $4,342 | $12.2 million | 2,809 |
| FY2014 | $4,075 | $10.2 million | 2,500 |
| FY2013 | $3,946 | $8.4 million | 2,122 |
| FY2012 | $3,969 | $7.6 million | 1,907 |
| FY2011 | $3,314 | $5.9 million | 1,778 |
| FY2010 | $2,258 | $2.8 million | 1,242 |
| FY2009 | $12,447 | $2.0 million | 159 |
| FY2008 | $12,760 | $2.1 million | 167 |
| FY2007 | $13,837 | $2.5 million | 184 |
| FY2006 | $13,147 | $2.5 million | 191 |
| FY2005 | $11,505 | $2.2 million | 192 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $312.0 thousand | 5.1% |
| State | $1.9 million | 31.1% |
| Local | $3.9 million | 63.9% |
| Total | $6.2 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 |
|---|---|
| Dehesa Elementary | 399 |
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
- 0610710
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