Ravenswood City School District

Listed by NCES as Ravenswood City Elementary (district ID 0631860)

Public school district · San Mateo County · California · NCES district ID 0631860

Ravenswood City School District spent $33,564 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 99% of the other California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $16,855). Its 4 schools enrolled 1,445 students in 2024-25; 22.5% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $39,727 per student, up 18.4% 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 Ravenswood City in enrollment (1,469 to 1,523 students) and Ravenswood City itself.

Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Ravenswood City, FY23Roseland $34,119; Ravenswood City $33,564; Thermalito Elementary $19,171; Riverdale Joint Unified $18,932; Plumas Lake Elementary $15,424; Alpine Union $14,443; Pierce Joint Unified $13,742; Horizon Charter Schools $12,981; Empire Springs Charter District $12,665; Academy for Academic Excellence District $10,910; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.010k20k30k40kRoseland$34,119Ravenswood City$33,564Thermalito Elementary$19,171Riverdale Joint Unified$18,932Plumas Lake Elementary$15,424Alpine Union$14,443Pierce Joint Unified$13,742Horizon Charter Schools$12,981Empire Springs Charter District$12,665Academy for Academic Excellenc…$10,910State median, 1,000+ students $16,855
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Ravenswood City, FY23Roseland $34,119; Ravenswood City $33,564; Thermalito Elementary $19,171; Riverdale Joint Unified $18,932; Plumas Lake Elementary $15,424; Alpine Union $14,443; Pierce Joint Unified $13,742; Horizon Charter Schools $12,981; Empire Springs Charter District $12,665; Academy for Academic Excellence District $10,910; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.010k20k30k40kRoseland$34,119Ravenswood City$33,564Thermalito Elementary$19,171Riverdale Joint Unified$18,932Plumas Lake Elementary$15,424Alpine Union$14,443Pierce Joint Unified$13,742Horizon Charter Schools$12,981Empire Springs Charter District$12,665Academy for Academic Excellence Dis…$10,910State median, 1,000+ students $16,855
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Ravenswood City, FY23Roseland $34,119; Ravenswood City $33,564; Thermalito Elementary $19,171; Riverdale Joint Unified $18,932; Plumas Lake Elementary $15,424; Alpine Union $14,443; Pierce Joint Unified $13,742; Horizon Charter Schools $12,981; Empire Springs Charter District $12,665; Academy for Academic Excellence District $10,910; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.020k40kRoseland$34,119Ravenswood City$33,564Thermalito Elementary$19,171Riverdale Joint Unified$18,932Plumas Lake Elementary$15,424Alpine Union$14,443Pierce Joint Unified$13,742Horizon Charter Schools$12,981Empire Springs Charter District$12,665Academy for Academic Excellence District$10,910State median, 1,000+ students $16,855
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Ravenswood City, FY23Roseland $34,119; Ravenswood City $33,564; Thermalito Elementary $19,171; Riverdale Joint Unified $18,932; Plumas Lake Elementary $15,424; Alpine Union $14,443; Pierce Joint Unified $13,742; Horizon Charter Schools $12,981; Empire Springs Charter District $12,665; Academy for Academic Excellence District $10,910; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.020k40kRoseland$34,119Ravenswood City$33,564Thermalito Elementary$19,171Riverdale Joint Unified$18,932Plumas Lake Elementary$15,424Alpine Union$14,443Pierce Joint Unified$13,742Horizon Charter Schools$12,981Empire Springs Charter District$12,665Academy for Academic Excellence District$10,910State median, 1,000+ students $16,855

Where the money came from

$72,691,000 in revenue: 22.5% state, 63.3% local and 14.2% federal. Total spending including $25,545,000 of capital outlay was $80,053,000, or $53,763 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Ravenswood City School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $16,350,000; Local $46,004,000; Federal $10,337,000; total $72,691,000.
  • State$16,350,000 22%
  • Local$46,004,000 63%
  • Federal$10,337,000 14%

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 646 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

1,467 students in 2022-23, 1,405 students in 2023-24, 1,445 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Ravenswood City School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,467, 2023-24: 1,405, 2024-25: 1,44505001k1.5k2022-231,4672023-241,4052024-251,445
Ravenswood City School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,467, 2023-24: 1,405, 2024-25: 1,44505001k1.5k2022-231,4672023-241,4052024-251,445
Ravenswood City School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,467, 2023-24: 1,405, 2024-25: 1,44505001k1.5k2022-231,4672023-241,4052024-251,445
Ravenswood City School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,467, 2023-24: 1,405, 2024-25: 1,44505001k1.5k2022-231,4672023-241,4052024-251,445

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,46788.116.6
2023-241,40574.518.9
2024-251,44584.617.1

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

$10,708,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $7,191 per student

Ravenswood City School District booked $10,708,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 88 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 $121,516 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 84 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$9,434,00088.1%
Special education$1,274,00011.9%

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

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $4,461 in 2018-19, $4,796 in 2019-20, $5,322 in 2020-21, $6,412 in 2021-22, $7,191 in 2022-23.

Ravenswood City School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,461, 2019-20: $4,796, 2020-21: $5,322, 2021-22: $6,412, 2022-23: $7,19102k4k6k8k2018-19$4,4612019-20$4,7962020-21$5,3222021-22$6,4122022-23$7,191
Ravenswood City School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,461, 2019-20: $4,796, 2020-21: $5,322, 2021-22: $6,412, 2022-23: $7,19102k4k6k8k2018-19$4,4612019-20$4,7962020-21$5,3222021-22$6,4122022-23$7,191
Ravenswood City School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,461, 2019-20: $4,796, 2020-21: $5,322, 2021-22: $6,412, 2022-23: $7,19102k4k6k8k2018-19$4,4612019-20$4,7962020-21$5,3222021-22$6,4122022-23$7,191
Ravenswood City School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,461, 2019-20: $4,796, 2020-21: $5,322, 2021-22: $6,412, 2022-23: $7,19102k4k6k8k2018-19$4,4612019-20$4,7962020-21$5,3222021-22$6,4122022-23$7,191

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 Ravenswood City School District scored proficient or above: 10-14% in reading and 3-8% 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 arts10-14%45%978
Math3-8%34%1,014

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.

3 elementary schools, 957 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Costano Elementary36917.189.7%Not reported
Belle Haven Elementary31220.887.2%Not reported
Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy27618.488.8%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 middle school, 488 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle48814.889.3%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 Ravenswood City School District

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 Ravenswood City School District

  1. California districts by spending per studentRavenswood City School District ranks 6 of 646 California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($33,564).#6 of 646
  2. Every school district in CaliforniaRavenswood City School District is the number 565 by size of 1,991 California districts, with 1,489 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#565 of 1,991
  3. Pierce Joint UnifiedThe next larger California district: 1,490 students in fall 2022, $13,742 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,742
  4. Academy for Academic Excellence DistrictThe next smaller California district: 1,484 students in fall 2022, $10,910 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$10,910
  5. Compare Ravenswood City School District with Pierce Joint UnifiedEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Teacher salary spending across CaliforniaRavenswood City School District spent $121,516 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $99,744); spending, not a salary.$121,516
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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 Ravenswood City School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Ravenswood City School District?
    4 schools were open in 2024-25 (3 elementary, 1 middle), enrolling 1,445 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Ravenswood City School District spend per student?
    $33,564 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 at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $16,855 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $39,727 per student, up 18.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Ravenswood City School District's money come from?
    $72,691,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 22.5% state, 63.3% local and 14.2% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Ravenswood City School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 589 of the 4,108 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 14.3%, 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 Ravenswood City School District spend on teacher salaries?
    $10,708,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $7,191 per student. Divided by the 88 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $121,516 per teacher, more than 84 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 Ravenswood City School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Ravenswood City School District scored proficient or above: 10-14% in reading and 3-8% 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 Ravenswood City School District's NCES district ID?
    0631860. 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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