Red Bluff Joint Union High

Public school district · Tehama County · California · NCES district ID 0632010

Red Bluff Joint Union High spent $17,667 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 60% of the other California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $16,855). Its 2 schools enrolled 1,690 students in 2024-25; 65.2% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,068 per student, up 13.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 92% (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 Red Bluff Joint Union High in enrollment (1,714 to 1,772 students) and Red Bluff Joint Union High itself.

Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Red Bluff Joint Union High, FY23Pacific Grove Unified $25,660; Plumas Unified $20,051; Options for Youth-Acton District $19,650; Gustine Unified $17,873; Red Bluff Joint Union High $17,667; Muroc Joint Unified $16,701; Ross Valley $16,401; Moraga Elementary $16,252; Community Outreach Academy District $16,191; California Connections Academy @ Ripon District $11,861; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.10k15k20k25k30kPacific Grove Unified$25,660Plumas Unified$20,051Options for Youth-Acton Distri…$19,650Gustine Unified$17,873Red Bluff Joint Union High$17,667Muroc Joint Unified$16,701Ross Valley$16,401Moraga Elementary$16,252Community Outreach Academy Dis…$16,191California Connections Academy…$11,861State median, 1,000+ students $16,855
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Red Bluff Joint Union High, FY23Pacific Grove Unified $25,660; Plumas Unified $20,051; Options for Youth-Acton District $19,650; Gustine Unified $17,873; Red Bluff Joint Union High $17,667; Muroc Joint Unified $16,701; Ross Valley $16,401; Moraga Elementary $16,252; Community Outreach Academy District $16,191; California Connections Academy @ Ripon District $11,861; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.10k15k20k25k30kPacific Grove Unified$25,660Plumas Unified$20,051Options for Youth-Acton District$19,650Gustine Unified$17,873Red Bluff Joint Union High$17,667Muroc Joint Unified$16,701Ross Valley$16,401Moraga Elementary$16,252Community Outreach Academy District$16,191California Connections Academy @ Ri…$11,861State median, 1,000+ students $16,855
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Red Bluff Joint Union High, FY23Pacific Grove Unified $25,660; Plumas Unified $20,051; Options for Youth-Acton District $19,650; Gustine Unified $17,873; Red Bluff Joint Union High $17,667; Muroc Joint Unified $16,701; Ross Valley $16,401; Moraga Elementary $16,252; Community Outreach Academy District $16,191; California Connections Academy @ Ripon District $11,861; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.10k20k30kPacific Grove Unified$25,660Plumas Unified$20,051Options for Youth-Acton District$19,650Gustine Unified$17,873Red Bluff Joint Union High$17,667Muroc Joint Unified$16,701Ross Valley$16,401Moraga Elementary$16,252Community Outreach Academy District$16,191California Connections Academy @ Ripon Dist…$11,861State median, 1,000+ students $16,855
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Red Bluff Joint Union High, FY23Pacific Grove Unified $25,660; Plumas Unified $20,051; Options for Youth-Acton District $19,650; Gustine Unified $17,873; Red Bluff Joint Union High $17,667; Muroc Joint Unified $16,701; Ross Valley $16,401; Moraga Elementary $16,252; Community Outreach Academy District $16,191; California Connections Academy @ Ripon District $11,861; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.10k20k30kPacific Grove Unified$25,660Plumas Unified$20,051Options for Youth-Acton District$19,650Gustine Unified$17,873Red Bluff Joint Union High$17,667Muroc Joint Unified$16,701Ross Valley$16,401Moraga Elementary$16,252Community Outreach Academy District$16,191California Connections Academy @ Ripon…$11,861State median, 1,000+ students $16,855

Where the money came from

$50,886,000 in revenue: 65.2% state, 27.0% local and 7.8% federal. Total spending including $3,878,000 of capital outlay was $35,795,000, or $20,489 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Red Bluff Joint Union High revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $33,197,000; Local $13,726,000; Federal $3,963,000; total $50,886,000.
  • State$33,197,000 65%
  • Local$13,726,000 27%
  • Federal$3,963,000 8%

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

1,747 students in 2022-23, 1,709 students in 2023-24, 1,690 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Red Bluff Joint Union High enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,747, 2023-24: 1,709, 2024-25: 1,69005001k1.5k2k2022-231,7472023-241,7092024-251,690
Red Bluff Joint Union High enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,747, 2023-24: 1,709, 2024-25: 1,69005001k1.5k2k2022-231,7472023-241,7092024-251,690
Red Bluff Joint Union High enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,747, 2023-24: 1,709, 2024-25: 1,69005001k1.5k2k2022-231,7472023-241,7092024-251,690
Red Bluff Joint Union High enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,747, 2023-24: 1,709, 2024-25: 1,69005001k1.5k2k2022-231,7472023-241,7092024-251,690

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,74786.320.3
2023-241,70988.019.4
2024-251,69091.918.4

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

$8,675,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,966 per student

Red Bluff Joint Union High booked $8,675,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 86 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 $100,580 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 51 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$5,815,00067.0%
Special education$855,0009.9%
Vocational$1,002,00011.6%
Other programs$1,003,00011.6%

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

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $4,204 in 2018-19, $4,047 in 2019-20, $4,147 in 2020-21, $4,909 in 2021-22, $4,966 in 2022-23.

Red Bluff Joint Union High teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,204, 2019-20: $4,047, 2020-21: $4,147, 2021-22: $4,909, 2022-23: $4,96602k4k6k2018-19$4,2042019-20$4,0472020-21$4,1472021-22$4,9092022-23$4,966
Red Bluff Joint Union High teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,204, 2019-20: $4,047, 2020-21: $4,147, 2021-22: $4,909, 2022-23: $4,96602k4k6k2018-19$4,2042019-20$4,0472020-21$4,1472021-22$4,9092022-23$4,966
Red Bluff Joint Union High teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,204, 2019-20: $4,047, 2020-21: $4,147, 2021-22: $4,909, 2022-23: $4,96602k4k6k2018-19$4,2042019-20$4,0472020-21$4,1472021-22$4,9092022-23$4,966
Red Bluff Joint Union High teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,204, 2019-20: $4,047, 2020-21: $4,147, 2021-22: $4,909, 2022-23: $4,96602k4k6k2018-19$4,2042019-20$4,0472020-21$4,1472021-22$4,9092022-23$4,966

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).

Graduation rate, class of 2023

92% of the 439 students in Red Bluff Joint Union High'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 rate92%86.2%
Students in the class439495,492

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.

2 high schools, 1,690 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Red Bluff High1,58619.063.8%Not reported
Salisbury High (Continuation)10412.284.6%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.

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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 Red Bluff Joint Union High

  1. California districts by spending per studentRed Bluff Joint Union High ranks 262 of 646 California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($17,667).#262 of 646
  2. Every school district in CaliforniaRed Bluff Joint Union High is the number 520 by size of 1,991 California districts, with 1,747 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#520 of 1,991
  3. Plumas UnifiedThe next larger California district: 1,755 students in fall 2022, $20,051 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,051
  4. Gustine UnifiedThe next smaller California district: 1,746 students in fall 2022, $17,873 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,873
  5. Compare Red Bluff Joint Union High with Plumas UnifiedEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Red Bluff High, its largest high school1,586 students in 2024-25, 19.0 per teacher.1,586
  7. Teacher salary spending across CaliforniaRed Bluff Joint Union High spent $100,580 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $99,744); spending, not a salary.$100,580
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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 Red Bluff Joint Union High

  1. How many schools and students are in Red Bluff Joint Union High?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 high), enrolling 1,690 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Red Bluff Joint Union High spend per student?
    $17,667 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 $20,068 per student, up 13.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Red Bluff Joint Union High's money come from?
    $50,886,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 65.2% state, 27.0% local and 7.8% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Red Bluff Joint Union High live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 487 of the 2,535 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 19.2%, 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 Red Bluff Joint Union High spend on teacher salaries?
    $8,675,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,966 per student. Divided by the 86 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $100,580 per teacher, more than 51 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. What is the graduation rate in Red Bluff Joint Union High?
    92% of the 439 students in Red Bluff Joint Union High'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.
  7. What is Red Bluff Joint Union High's NCES district ID?
    0632010. 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
  • 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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