School district · California
Santa Maria Joint Union High
Santa Maria Joint Union High in California: 4 public schools with 8,930 students and 21.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $19,746 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 8,930
- Students per teacher
- 21.7
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $19,746
- 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)
- 412
- Counselors (FTE)
- 28.9
- Students per counselor
- 309
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 9.0
- 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.
$10.9K15
$11.7K16
$12.6K17
$12.6K18
$13.2K19
$12.4K20
$13.3K21
$15.2K22
$17.2K23
$19.7K24
- Federal
- 9.2% · $18.8M
- State
- 53% · $108.9M
- Local
- 38% · $77.3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $10,630
- Support services
- $8,414
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $26.5M
- Long-term debt
- $183.3M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
High schools: 4
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Delta HighAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 291 | 20.8 |
Ernest Righetti HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,416 | 21.0 |
Pioneer Valley HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 3,080 | 22.1 |
Santa Maria HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 3,143 | 21.9 |
Sources
- Address
- 2560 Skyway Dr., Santa Maria, CA 93455
- Phone
- (805)922-4573
- 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).