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Sparrow Academy District
A public school district in La Mesa, California, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 156
- Students enrolled
- 7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 13.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,654
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 156 in 2024–25
- Ranks 15,581st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1,706th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 12% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,654 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 22% 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
Sparrow Academy District spent $14,181 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $8,460 in fiscal year 2019
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: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $14,181 | $4.9 million | 348 |
| FY2023 | $12,654 | $5.0 million | 399 |
| FY2022 | $9,512 | $3.5 million | 369 |
| FY2021 | $8,261 | $2.7 million | 322 |
| FY2020 | $9,331 | $2.5 million | 263 |
| FY2019 | $8,460 | $2.4 million | 289 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $503,000 | 8.8% |
| State | $3.7 million | 64.7% |
| Local | $1.5 million | 26.5% |
| Total | $5.7 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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Sparrow Academy | 156 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 5
- NCES district ID
- 0602298
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 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 2019 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 2019 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2019 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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