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San Diego Unified

San Diego, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

95,175
Students enrolled
175
Public schools
4,140
Classroom teachers (FTE)
23.0:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 12,099
  • Grade 1 7,205
  • Grade 2 7,489
  • Grade 3 7,581
  • Grade 4 7,293
  • Grade 5 7,257
  • Grade 6 6,468
  • Grade 7 6,399
  • Grade 8 6,236
  • Grade 9 6,626
  • Grade 10 6,555
  • Grade 11 6,718
  • Grade 12 7,249

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 44%
  • White 24%
  • Asian 14%
  • Two or more races 9%
  • Black or African American 7%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <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

60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 56,500 of 94,828 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 46%
  • Reduced-price lunch 13%

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

$21,280 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $13,111
  • Support services $7,415
  • Other (food service, etc.) $754

Where the money comes from

  • Local 62%
  • State 27%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $3.0 billiontotal spending $2.9 billion

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: Large

Total staff (FTE)

10,909

District office

4100 Normal St., San Diego CA 92103

County

San Diego County

Official website

NCES District ID

634320

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About San Diego Unified

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

Mission All San Diego students will graduate with the skills, motivation, curiosity and resilience to succeed in their choice of college and career in order to lead and participate in the society of tomorrow.
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Public Schools in San Diego Unified (209)

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