Santa Clara County · California
San Jose, CA public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for San Jose Unified — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
San Jose Unified is the primary public district for San Jose, CA. It enrolls 25,451 students in 42 schools with 1,135 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $15,205 per pupil, 12% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 25,451NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 42Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 22.4Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $15,205Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in San Jose
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 68%
- $347,254,000
- State revenue
- 25.4%
- $129,926,000
- Federal revenue
- 6.6%
- $33,504,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the San Jose property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 54 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 San Jose Unified (LEAID 0634590) 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 San Jose data on this site.
NCES LEAID 0634590. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.