General Shafter Elementary
A public school district in Bakersfield, California, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 169
- Students enrolled
- 10
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 28
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $21,145
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 169 in 2024–25
- Ranks 15,392nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1,679th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 13% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $21,145 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 77% 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
General Shafter Elementary spent $21,145 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,035 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 | $21,145 | $3.8 million | 179 |
| FY2022 | $17,205 | $3.3 million | 190 |
| FY2021 | $16,697 | $3.0 million | 178 |
| FY2020 | $16,374 | $3.1 million | 190 |
| FY2019 | $18,252 | $2.9 million | 159 |
| FY2018 | $17,245 | $2.5 million | 147 |
| FY2017 | $18,370 | $2.7 million | 146 |
| FY2016 | $15,647 | $2.4 million | 153 |
| FY2015 | $13,830 | $2.1 million | 153 |
| FY2014 | $13,486 | $2.0 million | 146 |
| FY2013 | $12,451 | $1.8 million | 142 |
| FY2012 | $12,593 | $1.7 million | 135 |
| FY2011 | $8,216 | $1.4 million | 171 |
| FY2010 | $7,508 | $1.4 million | 185 |
| FY2009 | $9,133 | $1.7 million | 188 |
| FY2008 | $10,343 | $2.0 million | 198 |
| FY2007 | $10,374 | $2.2 million | 214 |
| FY2006 | $7,967 | $2.2 million | 270 |
| FY2005 | $7,035 | $2.0 million | 282 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $456.0 thousand | 9.1% |
| State | $994.0 thousand | 19.9% |
| Local | $3.6 million | 71.0% |
| Total | $5.0 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 |
|---|---|
| General Shafter Elementary | 169 |
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
- 0615000
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