Sacramento County · California
Sacramento, CA public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Sacramento City Unified — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Sacramento City Unified is the primary public district for Sacramento, CA. It enrolls 38,821 students in 73 schools with 1,711 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $17,638 per pupil, 2% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 38,821NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 73Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 22.7Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $17,638Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Sacramento
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 24.8%
- $191,466,000
- State revenue
- 56.4%
- $435,794,000
- Federal revenue
- 18.8%
- $145,392,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Sacramento property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 55 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Sacramento City Unified (LEAID 0633840) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
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Other Sacramento data on this site.
NCES LEAID 0633840. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.