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San Mateo Union High
A public school district in San Mateo, California, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 8,775
- Students enrolled
- 442
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,054.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $24,423
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 8,775 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,042nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 175th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 94% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $24,423 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 85% 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
San Mateo Union High spent $26,572 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $10,271 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 | $26,572 | $234.9 million | 8,841 |
| FY2023 | $24,423 | $218.4 million | 8,942 |
| FY2022 | $22,262 | $202.4 million | 9,093 |
| FY2021 | $19,449 | $179.0 million | 9,203 |
| FY2020 | $19,203 | $178.9 million | 9,314 |
| FY2019 | $19,357 | $174.6 million | 9,020 |
| FY2018 | $17,001 | $161.2 million | 9,484 |
| FY2017 | $16,893 | $153.8 million | 9,104 |
| FY2016 | $16,247 | $140.2 million | 8,626 |
| FY2015 | $14,919 | $124.1 million | 8,321 |
| FY2014 | $14,280 | $116.6 million | 8,163 |
| FY2013 | $13,217 | $109.0 million | 8,244 |
| FY2012 | $12,753 | $105.2 million | 8,247 |
| FY2011 | $11,845 | $99.6 million | 8,406 |
| FY2010 | $11,614 | $98.5 million | 8,478 |
| FY2009 | $11,715 | $100.2 million | 8,549 |
| FY2008 | $10,479 | $90.4 million | 8,626 |
| FY2007 | $10,465 | $90.1 million | 8,605 |
| FY2006 | $10,551 | $91.3 million | 8,650 |
| FY2005 | $10,271 | $87.3 million | 8,502 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $6.3 million | 2.0% |
| State | $43.4 million | 14.0% |
| Local | $259.8 million | 83.9% |
| Total | $309.5 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
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Aragon High | 1,658 |
| Burlingame High | 1,583 |
| Capuchino High | 1,061 |
| Hillsdale High | 1,585 |
| Mills High | 1,115 |
| Peninsula High (Continuation) | 123 |
| San Mateo High | 1,557 |
| The Bridge Academy | 54 |
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
- Grade 9 to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0634980
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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