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Grossmont Union High
A public school district in El Cajon, California, with 15 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 16,476
- Students enrolled
- 748.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,521.7
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $18,330
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 16,476 in 2024–25
- Ranks 475th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 75th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 97% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $18,330 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 66% 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
Grossmont Union High spent $20,884 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,740 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
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $20,884 | $346.0 million | 16,566 |
| FY2023 | $18,330 | $306.8 million | 16,738 |
| FY2022 | $17,029 | $291.3 million | 17,108 |
| FY2021 | $15,093 | $256.5 million | 16,996 |
| FY2020 | $14,426 | $242.2 million | 16,789 |
| FY2019 | $14,539 | $243.7 million | 16,760 |
| FY2018 | $10,759 | $231.2 million | 21,492 |
| FY2017 | $10,591 | $229.9 million | 21,709 |
| FY2016 | $10,263 | $224.3 million | 21,860 |
| FY2015 | $9,289 | $206.4 million | 22,220 |
| FY2014 | $8,613 | $194.3 million | 22,555 |
| FY2013 | $8,176 | $187.8 million | 22,965 |
| FY2012 | $8,465 | $200.4 million | 23,677 |
| FY2011 | $8,160 | $197.7 million | 24,224 |
| FY2010 | $8,390 | $213.7 million | 25,466 |
| FY2009 | $8,644 | $214.1 million | 24,768 |
| FY2008 | $9,467 | $229.0 million | 24,195 |
| FY2007 | $9,370 | $223.7 million | 23,870 |
| FY2006 | $8,232 | $201.2 million | 24,444 |
| FY2005 | $7,740 | $193.3 million | 24,971 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $39.3 million | 8.5% |
| State | $200.5 million | 43.6% |
| Local | $220.0 million | 47.8% |
| Total | $459.8 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
15 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Chaparral High | 45 |
| El Cajon Valley High | 1,701 |
| El Capitan High | 1,810 |
| Elite Academy | 34 |
| Granite Hills High | 2,331 |
| Grossmont High | 2,172 |
| Grossmont Middle College High | 37 |
| IDEA Center | 127 |
| MERIT Academy | 68 |
| Monte Vista High | 1,543 |
| Mount Miguel High | 1,539 |
| REACH Academy | 21 |
| Santana High | 1,621 |
| Valhalla High | 1,728 |
| West Hills High | 1,624 |
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
- 0616230
Elsewhere
- Public schools in California — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
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Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 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 2024
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 2024.
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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