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Berkeley Unified

Berkeley, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

9,162
Students enrolled
18
Public schools
479
Classroom teachers (FTE)
19.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 803
  • Grade 1 600
  • Grade 2 594
  • Grade 3 616
  • Grade 4 628
  • Grade 5 680
  • Grade 6 645
  • Grade 7 619
  • Grade 8 669
  • Grade 9 775
  • Grade 10 822
  • Grade 11 866
  • Grade 12 845

By race/ethnicity

  • White 41%
  • Hispanic/Latino 22%
  • Two or more races 16%
  • Black or African American 11%
  • Asian 9%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,638 of 9,116 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 26%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$24,949 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $14,672
  • Support services $9,665
  • Other (food service, etc.) $612

Where the money comes from

  • Local 64%
  • State 32%
  • Federal 4%

Total revenue $260.8 milliontotal spending $286.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Midsize

Total staff (FTE)

1,160

District office

2020 Bonar St., Berkeley CA 94702

County

Alameda County

Official website

NCES District ID

604740

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About Berkeley Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Mission of the Berkeley Unified School District is to enable and inspire our diverse student body to achieve academic excellence and make positive contributions to our world.
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Public Schools in Berkeley Unified (20)

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