Record · District
Santa Barbara Unified
A public school district in Santa Barbara, California, with 21 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 12,250
- Students enrolled
- 649.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,331
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $18,088
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 12,250 in 2024–25
- Ranks 702nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 122nd of 1,976 in California. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $18,088 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 65% 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
Santa Barbara Unified spent $18,639 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $8,317 in fiscal year 2012
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 | $18,639 | $232.8 million | 12,491 |
| FY2023 | $18,088 | $227.6 million | 12,583 |
| FY2022 | $16,366 | $210.3 million | 12,849 |
| FY2021 | $14,447 | $190.5 million | 13,188 |
| FY2020 | $13,462 | $181.6 million | 13,490 |
| FY2019 | $13,495 | $185.7 million | 13,762 |
| FY2018 | $11,638 | $175.1 million | 15,042 |
| FY2017 | $10,981 | $166.7 million | 15,185 |
| FY2016 | $9,844 | $152.1 million | 15,453 |
| FY2015 | $8,971 | $139.9 million | 15,593 |
| FY2014 | $8,428 | $130.8 million | 15,518 |
| FY2013 | $8,224 | $127.4 million | 15,489 |
| FY2012 | $8,317 | $127.5 million | 15,326 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $20.4 million | 6.8% |
| State | $76.0 million | 25.5% |
| Local | $201.9 million | 67.7% |
| Total | $298.2 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
21 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
- 0601414
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 2012 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 2012 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2012 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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