Alta Vista Elementary

Public school district · Tulare County · California · NCES district ID 0602220

Alta Vista Elementary spent $17,303 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 53% of the other California districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $17,666). Its one school enrolled 531 students in 2024-25; 76.7% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $18,913 per student, up 9.3% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among California districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Alta Vista Elementary in enrollment (492 to 497 students) and Alta Vista Elementary itself.

Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Alta Vista Elementary, FY23Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen HLT SRVs Academy District $20,223; Big Picture Educational Academy $19,354; ASCEND District $18,815; Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary District $18,682; Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep District $17,913; Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District $17,503; Alta Vista Elementary $17,303; KIPP Sol Academy District $17,300; Downtown College Preparatory District $17,230; Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay District $10,745; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.5k10k15k20k25kAlliance Piera Barbaglia Shahe…$20,223Big Picture Educational Academy$19,354ASCEND District$18,815Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elemen…$18,682Ednovate - Esperanza College P…$17,913Alliance College-Ready Middle …$17,503Alta Vista Elementary$17,303KIPP Sol Academy District$17,300Downtown College Preparatory D…$17,230Connecting Waters Charter - Ea…$10,745State median, under 1,000 students $17,666
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Alta Vista Elementary, FY23Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen HLT SRVs Academy District $20,223; Big Picture Educational Academy $19,354; ASCEND District $18,815; Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary District $18,682; Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep District $17,913; Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District $17,503; Alta Vista Elementary $17,303; KIPP Sol Academy District $17,300; Downtown College Preparatory District $17,230; Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay District $10,745; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.5k10k15k20k25kAlliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen HL…$20,223Big Picture Educational Academy$19,354ASCEND District$18,815Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary …$18,682Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep D…$17,913Alliance College-Ready Middle Acade…$17,503Alta Vista Elementary$17,303KIPP Sol Academy District$17,300Downtown College Preparatory Distri…$17,230Connecting Waters Charter - East Ba…$10,745State median, under 1,000 students $17,666
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Alta Vista Elementary, FY23Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen HLT SRVs Academy District $20,223; Big Picture Educational Academy $19,354; ASCEND District $18,815; Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary District $18,682; Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep District $17,913; Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District $17,503; Alta Vista Elementary $17,303; KIPP Sol Academy District $17,300; Downtown College Preparatory District $17,230; Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay District $10,745; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.5k15k25kAlliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen HLT SRVs A…$20,223Big Picture Educational Academy$19,354ASCEND District$18,815Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary District$18,682Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep District$17,913Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 Di…$17,503Alta Vista Elementary$17,303KIPP Sol Academy District$17,300Downtown College Preparatory District$17,230Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay Distri…$10,745State median, under 1,000 students $17,666
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Alta Vista Elementary, FY23Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen HLT SRVs Academy District $20,223; Big Picture Educational Academy $19,354; ASCEND District $18,815; Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary District $18,682; Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep District $17,913; Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 District $17,503; Alta Vista Elementary $17,303; KIPP Sol Academy District $17,300; Downtown College Preparatory District $17,230; Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay District $10,745; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.5k15k25kAlliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen HLT SR…$20,223Big Picture Educational Academy$19,354ASCEND District$18,815Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary Dist…$18,682Ednovate - Esperanza College Prep Distr…$17,913Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 1…$17,503Alta Vista Elementary$17,303KIPP Sol Academy District$17,300Downtown College Preparatory District$17,230Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay Di…$10,745State median, under 1,000 students $17,666

Where the money came from

$13,118,000 in revenue: 76.7% state, 8.5% local and 14.8% federal. Total spending including $300,000 of capital outlay was $8,908,000, or $17,996 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Alta Vista Elementary revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $10,056,000; Local $1,114,000; Federal $1,948,000; total $13,118,000.
  • State$10,056,000 77%
  • Local$1,114,000 8%
  • Federal$1,948,000 15%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 1,238 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

495 students in 2022-23, 520 students in 2023-24, 531 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Alta Vista Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 495, 2023-24: 520, 2024-25: 53102004006002022-234952023-245202024-25531
Alta Vista Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 495, 2023-24: 520, 2024-25: 53102004006002022-234952023-245202024-25531
Alta Vista Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 495, 2023-24: 520, 2024-25: 53102004006002022-234952023-245202024-25531
Alta Vista Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 495, 2023-24: 520, 2024-25: 53102004006002022-234952023-245202024-25531

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2349522.222.3
2023-2452025.820.2
2024-2553125.420.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$2,599,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $5,251 per student

Alta Vista Elementary booked $2,599,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 22 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $116,914 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 77 in 100 California districts with a figure (state median $99,744, 1,149 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average California teacher salary at $87,275 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,836 in 2018-19, $4,197 in 2019-20, $4,381 in 2020-21, $4,877 in 2021-22, $5,251 in 2022-23.

Alta Vista Elementary teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,836, 2019-20: $4,197, 2020-21: $4,381, 2021-22: $4,877, 2022-23: $5,25102k4k6k2018-19$3,8362019-20$4,1972020-21$4,3812021-22$4,8772022-23$5,251
Alta Vista Elementary teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,836, 2019-20: $4,197, 2020-21: $4,381, 2021-22: $4,877, 2022-23: $5,25102k4k6k2018-19$3,8362019-20$4,1972020-21$4,3812021-22$4,8772022-23$5,251
Alta Vista Elementary teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,836, 2019-20: $4,197, 2020-21: $4,381, 2021-22: $4,877, 2022-23: $5,25102k4k6k2018-19$3,8362019-20$4,1972020-21$4,3812021-22$4,8772022-23$5,251
Alta Vista Elementary teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,836, 2019-20: $4,197, 2020-21: $4,381, 2021-22: $4,877, 2022-23: $5,25102k4k6k2018-19$3,8362019-20$4,1972020-21$4,3812021-22$4,8772022-23$5,251

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Alta Vista Elementary scored proficient or above: 8-16% in reading and 2-10% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtCaliforniaStudents tested
Reading and language arts8-16%45%343
Math2-10%34%345

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

1 elementary school, 531 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Alta Vista Elementary53120.990.0%Not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Alta Vista Elementary

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Alta Vista Elementary

  1. California districts by spending per studentAlta Vista Elementary ranks 658 of 1,238 California districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($17,303).#658 of 1,238
  2. Every school district in CaliforniaAlta Vista Elementary is the number 990 by size of 1,991 California districts, with 495 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#990 of 1,991
  3. Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen HLT SRVs Academy DistrictThe next larger California district: 497 students in fall 2022, $20,223 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,223
  4. Big Picture Educational AcademyThe next smaller California district: 494 students in fall 2022, $19,354 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$19,354
  5. Compare Alta Vista Elementary with Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen HLT SRVs Academy DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Teacher salary spending across CaliforniaAlta Vista Elementary spent $116,914 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $99,744); spending, not a salary.$116,914
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Alta Vista Elementary

  1. How many schools and students are in Alta Vista Elementary?
    One school was open in 2024-25 (1 elementary), enrolling 531 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Alta Vista Elementary spend per student?
    $17,303 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the California median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $17,666 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $18,913 per student, up 9.3% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Alta Vista Elementary's money come from?
    $13,118,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 76.7% state, 8.5% local and 14.8% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Alta Vista Elementary live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 260 of the 496 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 52.4%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Alta Vista Elementary spend on teacher salaries?
    $2,599,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $5,251 per student. Divided by the 22 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $116,914 per teacher, more than 77 in 100 California districts (state median $99,744). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average California teacher salary at $87,275 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Alta Vista Elementary do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Alta Vista Elementary scored proficient or above: 8-16% in reading and 2-10% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is Alta Vista Elementary's NCES district ID?
    0602220. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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