El Centro Elementary
A public school district in El Centro, California, with 13 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,157
- Students enrolled
- 240
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 761.3
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $17,901
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,157 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,863rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 263rd of 1,976 in California. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $17,901 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 64% 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
El Centro Elementary spent $17,901 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,140 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 | $17,901 | $94.1 million | 5,256 |
| FY2022 | $17,691 | $92.6 million | 5,234 |
| FY2021 | $15,218 | $80.5 million | 5,292 |
| FY2020 | $13,948 | $74.5 million | 5,339 |
| FY2019 | $13,513 | $73.3 million | 5,427 |
| FY2018 | $10,721 | $65.9 million | 6,145 |
| FY2017 | $10,265 | $62.1 million | 6,049 |
| FY2016 | $9,157 | $57.1 million | 6,231 |
| FY2015 | $8,437 | $51.5 million | 6,101 |
| FY2014 | $7,495 | $45.7 million | 6,094 |
| FY2013 | $7,008 | $42.0 million | 5,996 |
| FY2012 | $7,082 | $42.4 million | 5,985 |
| FY2011 | $7,755 | $45.2 million | 5,828 |
| FY2010 | $8,748 | $48.8 million | 5,584 |
| FY2009 | $9,255 | $52.2 million | 5,644 |
| FY2008 | $9,063 | $52.1 million | 5,744 |
| FY2007 | $8,638 | $50.2 million | 5,814 |
| FY2006 | $8,203 | $48.0 million | 5,857 |
| FY2005 | $8,140 | $49.9 million | 6,128 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $17.0 million | 13.1% |
| State | $101.8 million | 78.1% |
| Local | $11.5 million | 8.8% |
| Total | $130.4 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
13 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Booker T. Washington Elementary | 351 |
| De Anza Magnet | 504 |
| Desert Garden Elementary | 358 |
| El Centro District Wide Preschool | |
| Harding Elementary | 601 |
| Imperial Valley Home School Academy | 131 |
| Kennedy Middle | 434 |
| Lincoln Elementary | 399 |
| Margaret Hedrick Elementary | 446 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary | 445 |
| McKinley Elementary | 456 |
| Sunflower Elementary | 427 |
| Wilson Junior High | 605 |
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
- 0612030
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