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At $16,844 per pupil, San Antonio Union Elementary ranks #559 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
137
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$16,844
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
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 $16,844 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 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).
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 dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
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 $16,844 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.