School district · California
Desert Center Unified
Desert Center Unified in California: 1 public schools with 29 students and 9.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $104,280 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 29
- Students per teacher
- 9.7
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $104,280
- 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)
- 3.0
- Counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- Students per counselor
- —
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
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.
$33.2K15
$38.8K16
$58.5K17
$74.9K18
$43.9K19
$51.2K20
$71.7K21
$63.4K22
$76.5K23
$104.3K24
- Federal
- 9.8% · $262K
- State
- 11% · $291K
- Local
- 79% · $2.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $33,840
- Support services
- $67,520
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $305K
- Long-term debt
- $0
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–8 | 29 | 9.7 |
Sources
- Address
- 1434 Kaiser Rd., Desert Center, CA 92239
- Phone
- (760)413-2646
- 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).