School district · California
Berkeley Unified
Berkeley Unified in California: 18 public schools with 9,116 students and 19.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $24,949 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 18
- Students
- 9,116
- Students per teacher
- 19.0
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $24,949
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 479
- Counselors (FTE)
- 32.3
- Students per counselor
- 282
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 28.9
- Librarians (FTE): 5.2
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%72%proficient
+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 92% of school districts in California
Median 42% · 854 school districts compared
3,740 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%68%proficient
+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 92% of school districts in California
Median 32% · 854 school districts compared
3,747 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 3.8% · $9.9M
- State
- 32% · $83.2M
- Local
- 64% · $167.6M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $14,672
- Support services
- $9,665
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $38.1M
- Long-term debt
- $306.8M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 407 | 21.4 | 78% | 73% | |
Berkeley Independent Study K-8AlternativeFree meals for all | K–8 | 19 | 9.5 | — | — |
| K–5 | 290 | 21.5 | 71% | 69% | |
| K–5 | 283 | 21.8 | 76% | 69% | |
John Muir ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 293 | 20.9 | 74% | 69% |
Malcolm X ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 469 | 20.4 | 67% | 64% |
Oxford Elementary at West CampusFree meals for all | K–5 | 254 | 21.2 | 71% | 69% |
| K–5 | 393 | 20.4 | 74% | 74% | |
| K–5 | 410 | 21.6 | 85% | 86% | |
Sylvia Mendez ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 379 | 21.1 | 64% | 55% |
| K–5 | 337 | 21.1 | 63% | 67% | |
| K–5 | 401 | 24.7 | 72% | 72% | |
Longfellow Arts and Technology MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 462 | 14.5 | 61% | 61% |
| 6–8 | 851 | 18.0 | 72% | 66% | |
| 6–8 | 596 | 17.3 | 80% | 73% | |
| 9–12 | 3,218 | 18.4 | — | — | |
Berkeley Technology AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all | 10–12 | 54 | 9.1 | — | — |
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Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 2020 Bonar St., Berkeley, CA 94702
- Phone
- (510)644-6150
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.