Record · District
Mountain Empire Unified
A public school district in Pine Valley, California, with 10 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,743
- Students enrolled
- 81.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 225.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $18,521
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,743 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,058th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 514th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 71% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $18,521 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 67% 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
Mountain Empire Unified spent $20,126 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $8,489 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 | $20,126 | $37.7 million | 1,871 |
| FY2023 | $18,521 | $33.8 million | 1,824 |
| FY2022 | $17,631 | $30.8 million | 1,746 |
| FY2021 | $15,428 | $25.8 million | 1,674 |
| FY2020 | $14,712 | $25.2 million | 1,713 |
| FY2019 | $14,510 | $24.7 million | 1,699 |
| FY2018 | $7,565 | $23.9 million | 3,163 |
| FY2017 | $8,011 | $22.3 million | 2,784 |
| FY2016 | $7,993 | $22.6 million | 2,831 |
| FY2015 | $5,363 | $20.4 million | 3,804 |
| FY2014 | $5,174 | $18.4 million | 3,550 |
| FY2013 | $8,373 | $24.8 million | 2,956 |
| FY2012 | $8,091 | $22.3 million | 2,755 |
| FY2011 | $7,824 | $21.6 million | 2,757 |
| FY2010 | $8,600 | $20.7 million | 2,403 |
| FY2009 | $9,890 | $16.2 million | 1,636 |
| FY2008 | $10,089 | $16.5 million | 1,639 |
| FY2007 | $8,751 | $15.2 million | 1,734 |
| FY2006 | $8,540 | $14.8 million | 1,733 |
| FY2005 | $8,489 | $15.6 million | 1,833 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $6.0 million | 13.8% |
| State | $25.7 million | 59.2% |
| Local | $11.7 million | 27.1% |
| Total | $43.4 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
10 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Campo Elementary | 359 |
| Clover Flat Elementary | 190 |
| Cottonwood Community Day | 0 |
| Descanso Elementary | 188 |
| Hillside Junior/Senior High | 31 |
| Mountain Empire High | 412 |
| Mountain Empire Junior High | 245 |
| Mountain Empire Special Education Preschool | |
| Potrero Elementary | 300 |
| Sunrise High (Continuation) | 13 |
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
- 0626100
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 October 21, 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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