Needles Unified
A public school district in Needles, California, with 7 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 921
- Students enrolled
- 49.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 108.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $22,698
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 921 in 2024–25
- Ranks 7,844th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 704th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 55% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $22,698 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 81% 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
Needles Unified spent $22,698 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,080 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 | $22,698 | $21.7 million | 955 |
| FY2022 | $20,418 | $18.6 million | 912 |
| FY2021 | $16,496 | $16.0 million | 967 |
| FY2020 | $14,241 | $14.2 million | 998 |
| FY2019 | $13,413 | $13.3 million | 993 |
| FY2018 | $13,191 | $12.8 million | 969 |
| FY2017 | $14,064 | $13.4 million | 952 |
| FY2016 | $13,667 | $12.8 million | 937 |
| FY2015 | $13,889 | $11.6 million | 835 |
| FY2014 | $11,187 | $9.4 million | 839 |
| FY2013 | $10,907 | $9.4 million | 862 |
| FY2012 | $11,167 | $10.2 million | 917 |
| FY2011 | $10,194 | $10.5 million | 1,026 |
| FY2010 | not reported | $10.9 million | not reported |
| FY2009 | $12,175 | $12.5 million | 1,026 |
| FY2008 | $12,616 | $13.6 million | 1,076 |
| FY2007 | $9,884 | $11.4 million | 1,158 |
| FY2006 | $9,858 | $11.1 million | 1,121 |
| FY2005 | $9,080 | $10.8 million | 1,189 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $5.1 million | 19.7% |
| State | $14.4 million | 55.4% |
| Local | $6.5 million | 24.9% |
| Total | $26.0 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
7 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Chemehuevi Valley Elementary | 40 |
| Educational Training Center | 9 |
| Monument Peak | 70 |
| Needles Community Day | 18 |
| Needles High | 269 |
| Needles Middle | 196 |
| Vista Colorado Elementary | 319 |
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
- 0626760
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