At $15,591 per pupil, San Antonio Union Elementary ranks #1260 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
San Antonio Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 137 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Monterey County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,591 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.3% local, 46.4% state, and 14.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 42.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.3% Hispanic or Latino, 40.3% White, 2.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is San Antonio Elementary, enrolling 134 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 5.1% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (137 to 144 students), while the student-teacher ratio tightened by 1.1 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,477,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 39.9% went to instruction, 43.3% to support services, and 8.9% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
San Antonio Elementary accounts for 97.8% of all San Antonio Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of San Antonio Union Elementary a distant remainder — means San Antonio Union Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
San Antonio Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 42.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
How many schools are in San Antonio Union Elementary?
San Antonio Union Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 137 students.
How much does San Antonio Union Elementary spend per student?
San Antonio Union Elementary spends $15,591 per student.
What is the demographic composition of San Antonio Union Elementary?
San Antonio Union Elementary students are 49.3% Hispanic or Latino, 40.3% White, 2.2% African American, 1.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.