Making Waves Academy District
A public school district in Richmond, California, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,078
- Students enrolled
- 56.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 91.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $23,069
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,078 in 2024–25
- Ranks 7,101st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 655th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 60% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $23,069 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 82% 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
Making Waves Academy District spent $23,069 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $19,591 in fiscal year 2019
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 | $23,069 | $25.9 million | 1,124 |
| FY2022 | $21,268 | $23.9 million | 1,124 |
| FY2021 | $18,907 | $20.5 million | 1,084 |
| FY2020 | $20,400 | $20.8 million | 1,021 |
| FY2019 | $19,591 | $18.4 million | 940 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.6 million | 5.8% |
| State | $14.4 million | 52.8% |
| Local | $11.3 million | 41.4% |
| Total | $27.2 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 |
|---|---|
| Making Waves Academy | 1,078 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Grade 5 to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0601502
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 2019 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 2019 to 2023.
Data retrieved