Butte Valley Unified

Public school district · Siskiyou County · California · NCES district ID 0606580

Butte Valley Unified spent $20,401 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 73% of the other California districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $17,666). Its 2 schools enrolled 313 students in 2024-25; 67.0% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,911 per student, up 2.5% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 50% or more (California: 86.2%).

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 Butte Valley Unified in enrollment (277 to 281 students) and Butte Valley Unified itself.

Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Butte Valley Unified, FY23PUC Excel Charter Academy District $23,126; APEX Academy District $21,669; Chualar Union $21,140; Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle District $20,635; Butte Valley Unified $20,401; Mare Island Technology Academy District $19,777; KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy $19,763; Growth Public Schools $15,536; Golden Valley Orchard District $12,631; Harbor Springs Charter District $11,852; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.10k15k20k25kPUC Excel Charter Academy Dist…$23,126APEX Academy District$21,669Chualar Union$21,140Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter …$20,635Butte Valley Unified$20,401Mare Island Technology Academy…$19,777KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy$19,763Growth Public Schools$15,536Golden Valley Orchard District$12,631Harbor Springs Charter District$11,852State median, under 1,000 students $17,666
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Butte Valley Unified, FY23PUC Excel Charter Academy District $23,126; APEX Academy District $21,669; Chualar Union $21,140; Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle District $20,635; Butte Valley Unified $20,401; Mare Island Technology Academy District $19,777; KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy $19,763; Growth Public Schools $15,536; Golden Valley Orchard District $12,631; Harbor Springs Charter District $11,852; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.10k15k20k25kPUC Excel Charter Academy District$23,126APEX Academy District$21,669Chualar Union$21,140Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middl…$20,635Butte Valley Unified$20,401Mare Island Technology Academy Dist…$19,777KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy$19,763Growth Public Schools$15,536Golden Valley Orchard District$12,631Harbor Springs Charter District$11,852State median, under 1,000 students $17,666
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Butte Valley Unified, FY23PUC Excel Charter Academy District $23,126; APEX Academy District $21,669; Chualar Union $21,140; Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle District $20,635; Butte Valley Unified $20,401; Mare Island Technology Academy District $19,777; KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy $19,763; Growth Public Schools $15,536; Golden Valley Orchard District $12,631; Harbor Springs Charter District $11,852; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.10k15k20k25kPUC Excel Charter Academy District$23,126APEX Academy District$21,669Chualar Union$21,140Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle Distri…$20,635Butte Valley Unified$20,401Mare Island Technology Academy District$19,777KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy$19,763Growth Public Schools$15,536Golden Valley Orchard District$12,631Harbor Springs Charter District$11,852State median, under 1,000 students $17,666
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Butte Valley Unified, FY23PUC Excel Charter Academy District $23,126; APEX Academy District $21,669; Chualar Union $21,140; Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle District $20,635; Butte Valley Unified $20,401; Mare Island Technology Academy District $19,777; KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy $19,763; Growth Public Schools $15,536; Golden Valley Orchard District $12,631; Harbor Springs Charter District $11,852; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.10k15k20k25kPUC Excel Charter Academy District$23,126APEX Academy District$21,669Chualar Union$21,140Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter Middle Di…$20,635Butte Valley Unified$20,401Mare Island Technology Academy District$19,777KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy$19,763Growth Public Schools$15,536Golden Valley Orchard District$12,631Harbor Springs Charter District$11,852State median, under 1,000 students $17,666

Where the money came from

$7,298,000 in revenue: 67.0% state, 22.4% local and 10.6% federal. Total spending including $85,000 of capital outlay was $5,940,000, or $21,290 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Butte Valley Unified revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $4,888,000; Local $1,638,000; Federal $772,000; total $7,298,000.
  • State$4,888,000 67%
  • Local$1,638,000 22%
  • Federal$772,000 11%

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

279 students in 2022-23, 302 students in 2023-24, 313 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Butte Valley Unified enrollment by school year2022-23: 279, 2023-24: 302, 2024-25: 31301002003004002022-232792023-243022024-25313
Butte Valley Unified enrollment by school year2022-23: 279, 2023-24: 302, 2024-25: 31301002003004002022-232792023-243022024-25313
Butte Valley Unified enrollment by school year2022-23: 279, 2023-24: 302, 2024-25: 31301002003004002022-232792023-243022024-25313
Butte Valley Unified enrollment by school year2022-23: 279, 2023-24: 302, 2024-25: 31301002003004002022-232792023-243022024-25313

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2327914.419.4
2023-2430217.816.9
2024-2531314.821.2

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

$1,311,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,699 per student

Butte Valley Unified booked $1,311,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 14 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 $91,168 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 35 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).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$1,029,00078.5%
Special education$83,0006.3%
Vocational$199,00015.2%

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

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,785 in 2018-19, $4,449 in 2019-20, $4,507 in 2020-21, $4,786 in 2021-22, $4,699 in 2022-23.

Butte Valley Unified teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,785, 2019-20: $4,449, 2020-21: $4,507, 2021-22: $4,786, 2022-23: $4,69902k4k6k2018-19$3,7852019-20$4,4492020-21$4,5072021-22$4,7862022-23$4,699
Butte Valley Unified teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,785, 2019-20: $4,449, 2020-21: $4,507, 2021-22: $4,786, 2022-23: $4,69902k4k6k2018-19$3,7852019-20$4,4492020-21$4,5072021-22$4,7862022-23$4,699
Butte Valley Unified teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,785, 2019-20: $4,449, 2020-21: $4,507, 2021-22: $4,786, 2022-23: $4,69902k4k6k2018-19$3,7852019-20$4,4492020-21$4,5072021-22$4,7862022-23$4,699
Butte Valley Unified teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,785, 2019-20: $4,449, 2020-21: $4,507, 2021-22: $4,786, 2022-23: $4,69902k4k6k2018-19$3,7852019-20$4,4492020-21$4,5072021-22$4,7862022-23$4,699

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 Butte Valley Unified scored proficient or above: 0-20% in reading and 0-20% 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 arts0-20%45%133
Math0-20%34%134

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.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

50% or more of the 12 students in Butte Valley Unified's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtCalifornia
Four-year graduation rate50% or more86.2%
Students in the class12495,492

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 elementary school, 219 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Butte Valley Elementary21928.072.6%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.

1 high school, 94 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Butte Valley High9413.558.5%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 Butte Valley Unified

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 Butte Valley Unified

  1. California districts by spending per studentButte Valley Unified ranks 339 of 1,238 California districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($20,401).#339 of 1,238
  2. Every school district in CaliforniaButte Valley Unified is the number 1,426 by size of 1,991 California districts, with 279 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#1,426 of 1,991
  3. APEX Academy DistrictThe next larger California district: 281 students in fall 2022, $21,669 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$21,669
  4. KIPP San Francisco Bay AcademyThe next smaller California district: 278 students in fall 2022, $19,763 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$19,763
  5. Compare Butte Valley Unified with APEX Academy DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Butte Valley High, its largest high school94 students in 2024-25, 13.5 per teacher.94
  7. Teacher salary spending across CaliforniaButte Valley Unified spent $91,168 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $99,744); spending, not a salary.$91,168
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

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 Butte Valley Unified

  1. How many schools and students are in Butte Valley Unified?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 high), enrolling 313 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Butte Valley Unified spend per student?
    $20,401 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 $20,911 per student, up 2.5% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Butte Valley Unified's money come from?
    $7,298,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 67.0% state, 22.4% local and 10.6% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Butte Valley Unified live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 79 of the 309 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 25.6%, 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 Butte Valley Unified spend on teacher salaries?
    $1,311,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,699 per student. Divided by the 14 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $91,168 per teacher, more than 35 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 Butte Valley Unified do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Butte Valley Unified scored proficient or above: 0-20% in reading and 0-20% 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 the graduation rate in Butte Valley Unified?
    50% or more of the 12 students in Butte Valley Unified's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Butte Valley Unified's NCES district ID?
    0606580. 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 four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.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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