Liberty Elementary
A public school district in Petaluma, California, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 218
- Students enrolled
- 9.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 26.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $22,101
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 218 in 2024–25
- Ranks 14,599th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1,572nd of 1,976 in California. Larger than 17% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $22,101 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 80% 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
Liberty Elementary spent $22,101 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,707 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 | $22,101 | $4.8 million | 217 |
| FY2022 | $17,839 | $3.8 million | 211 |
| FY2021 | $16,287 | $3.4 million | 209 |
| FY2020 | $14,702 | $3.1 million | 208 |
| FY2019 | $14,627 | $3.1 million | 212 |
| FY2018 | $2,034 | $2.8 million | 1,399 |
| FY2017 | $2,382 | $2.7 million | 1,123 |
| FY2016 | $2,917 | $2.5 million | 854 |
| FY2015 | $2,411 | $2.3 million | 958 |
| FY2014 | $1,757 | $2.0 million | 1,115 |
| FY2013 | $1,657 | $1.8 million | 1,062 |
| FY2012 | $1,287 | $1.7 million | 1,354 |
| FY2011 | $1,291 | $1.6 million | 1,222 |
| FY2010 | $1,287 | $1.5 million | 1,172 |
| FY2009 | $8,580 | $1.7 million | 193 |
| FY2008 | $8,308 | $1.6 million | 198 |
| FY2007 | $10,055 | $2.0 million | 199 |
| FY2006 | $14,466 | $3.0 million | 204 |
| FY2005 | $7,707 | $1.6 million | 205 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $85.0 thousand | 0.5% |
| State | $9.0 million | 48.9% |
| Local | $9.3 million | 50.7% |
| Total | $18.3 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
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary | 162 |
| Liberty Independent Study | 0 |
| Liberty Primary | 56 |
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
- 0621540
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