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Newport-Mesa Unified
A public school district in Costa Mesa, California, with 32 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 17,635
- Students enrolled
- 934.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 2,621.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $22,948
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 17,635 in 2024–25
- Ranks 443rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 70th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 97% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $22,948 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
Newport-Mesa Unified spent $25,216 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $8,417 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 | $25,216 | $448.0 million | 17,768 |
| FY2023 | $22,948 | $408.8 million | 17,816 |
| FY2022 | $20,621 | $370.4 million | 17,962 |
| FY2021 | $17,936 | $332.9 million | 18,559 |
| FY2020 | $15,765 | $318.0 million | 20,173 |
| FY2019 | $15,125 | $312.2 million | 20,641 |
| FY2018 | $14,459 | $307.0 million | 21,234 |
| FY2017 | $13,433 | $289.9 million | 21,581 |
| FY2016 | $12,588 | $273.6 million | 21,736 |
| FY2015 | $11,907 | $260.8 million | 21,905 |
| FY2014 | $11,085 | $244.1 million | 22,018 |
| FY2013 | $10,841 | $238.5 million | 22,003 |
| FY2012 | $10,887 | $238.0 million | 21,857 |
| FY2011 | $11,004 | $240.0 million | 21,811 |
| FY2010 | $11,114 | $241.4 million | 21,718 |
| FY2009 | $11,217 | $241.2 million | 21,507 |
| FY2008 | $11,121 | $237.3 million | 21,338 |
| FY2007 | $10,104 | $216.4 million | 21,421 |
| FY2006 | $9,034 | $199.8 million | 22,122 |
| FY2005 | $8,417 | $189.3 million | 22,487 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $35.1 million | 6.9% |
| State | $99.3 million | 19.5% |
| Local | $373.9 million | 73.6% |
| Total | $508.3 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
32 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- 0627240
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 30, 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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