Meadows Union
A public school district in El Centro, California, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 352
- Students enrolled
- 19
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 52.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $21,172
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 352 in 2024–25
- Ranks 12,695th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1,280th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 28% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $21,172 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
Meadows Union spent $21,172 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,890 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 | $21,172 | $8.1 million | 384 |
| FY2022 | $18,478 | $7.7 million | 416 |
| FY2021 | $15,890 | $6.6 million | 417 |
| FY2020 | $13,280 | $6.3 million | 478 |
| FY2019 | $14,715 | $7.2 million | 492 |
| FY2018 | $12,839 | $6.5 million | 503 |
| FY2017 | $12,930 | $6.3 million | 488 |
| FY2016 | $11,954 | $5.5 million | 459 |
| FY2015 | $11,283 | $5.1 million | 449 |
| FY2014 | $10,543 | $4.9 million | 468 |
| FY2013 | $9,640 | $4.6 million | 475 |
| FY2012 | $9,289 | $4.4 million | 478 |
| FY2011 | $10,129 | $5.0 million | 490 |
| FY2010 | $9,435 | $4.5 million | 478 |
| FY2009 | $9,708 | $4.7 million | 483 |
| FY2008 | $9,948 | $4.8 million | 483 |
| FY2007 | $8,794 | $4.2 million | 480 |
| FY2006 | $7,526 | $3.8 million | 506 |
| FY2005 | $6,890 | $3.5 million | 507 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $968.0 thousand | 9.3% |
| State | $8.0 million | 77.3% |
| Local | $1.4 million | 13.4% |
| Total | $10.4 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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Meadows Elementary | 352 |
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
- 0624390
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