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-- School Districts of Los Angeles County
-- Ethnic Distribution of Pupil by School District
-- Pupil-Teacher Ratio and Average Class Size
-- LAUSD by the Numbers
| School Year | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | $18,043,776,166 | 1,205,607.2 | $14,967 |
| 2019-2018 | $17,252,268,641 | 1,204,300.7 | $14,326 |
| 2018-2019 | $16,960,774,658 | 1,213,354.1 | $13,978 |
| 2017-2018 | $15,978,179,149 | 1,252,504.1 | $12,757 |
| School Year | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) |
| 2016-2017 | $15,553,827,025 | 1,277,081.5 | $12,179 |
| 2015-2016 | $15,007,730,833 | 1,299,559.7 | $11,548 |
| 2014-2015 | $13,852,613,469 | 1,325,255.8 | $10,453 |
| 2013-2014 | $12,652,178,728 | 1,347,886.9 | $9,387 |
| School Year | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) |
| 2012-2013 | $12,204,912,465 | 1,362,516.5 | $8,958 |
| 2011-2012 | $12,370,253,085 | 1,385,806.2 | $8,926 |
| 2010-2011 | $12,538,304,972 | 1,409,372.6 | $8,896 |
(1) TOTAL EXPENSE OF EDUCATION: Includes salaries, employee benefits (state payments to retirement systems on behalf of districts were included since 2014-15), books and supplies, equipment replacement, and services and indirect costs. Deducted from this figure are non-agency activities, community services, food services, fringe benefits for retired persons and facilities acquisition and construction.
(2) EXPENSE ADA: Total days of student attendance divided by the total days of instruction. This figure, accounting for student absences and other factors, differs from total enrollment.
(3) EXPENSE PER ADA: Adjusted expenditures are divided by the total ADA to arrive at the Current Expense (or Cost) of Education per ADA.
Source: California Dept. of Education
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| ABC Unified | $233,659,807 | 19,633.8 | $11,901 | $160,703,082 | 19,953.4 | $8,054 |
| Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | $14,768,712 | 979.6 | $15,076 | $12,295,674 | 1,577.3 | $7,795 |
| Alhambra Unified | $208,162,779 | 15,754.9 | $13,213 | $142,190,699 | 17,914.4 | $7,937 |
| Antelope Valley Union High | $277,854,883 | 19,667.1 | $14,128 | $185,426,203 | 21,302.4 | $8,704 |
| Arcadia Unified | $109,373,475 | 9,037.3 | $12,102 | $71,916,755 | 9,468.1 | $7,596 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Azusa Unified | $109,113,589 | 7,318.4 | $14,909 | $84,083,419 | 10,107.2 | $8,319 |
| Baldwin Park Unified | $161,953,221 | 11,675.4 | $13,871 | $121,041,388 | 14,927.2 | $8,109 |
| Bassett Unified | $41,604,845 | 3,175.5 | $13,102 | $39,491,354 | 4,325.2 | $9,131 |
| Bellflower Unified | $138,861,964 | 11,008.9 | $12,614 | $99,030,755 | 13,465.9 | $7,354 |
| Beverly Hills Unified | $76,110,409 | 3,398.3 | $22,396 | $51,417,904 | 4,485.3 | $11,464 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Bonita Unified | $118,454,149 | 9,665.1 | $12,256 | $70,597,940 | 9,544.0 | $7,397 |
| Burbank Unified | $170,620,304 | 14,719.9 | $11,591 | $112,256,971 | 14,829.1 | $7,570 |
| Castaic Union | $22,349,115 | 1,944.7 | $11,492 | $22,906,617 | 2,889.2 | $7,928 |
| Centinela Valley Union High | $92,835,870 | 5,957.1 | $15,584 | $58,907,481 | 5,899.5 | $9,985 |
| Charter Oak Unified | $56,336,153 | 4,384.3 | $12,850 | $41,608,823 | 5,780.6 | $7,198 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Claremont Unified | $80,232,296 | 6,639.6 | $12,084 | $51,436,504 | 6,850.9 | $7,508 |
| Compton Unified | $285,208,802 | 19,392.6 | $14,707 | $234,106,243 | 23,645.1 | $9,901 |
| Covina-Valley Unified | $146,784,493 | 11,185.1 | $13,123 | $97,885,991 | 13,088.9 | $7,479 |
| Culver City Unified | $85,643,642 | 6,871.0 | $12,465 | $48,440,772 | 6,594.4 | $7,346 |
| Downey Unified | $301,889,379 | 21,247.0 | $14,209 | $164,622,393 | 21,959.2 | $7,497 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Duarte Unified | $43,697,752 | 3,276.0 | $13,339 | $29,989,725 | 3,816.4 | $7,858 |
| East Whittier City* | $97,934,838 | 8,124.4 | $12,054 | $80,561,320 | 8,604.9 | $9,362 |
| Eastside Union* | $45,166,493 | 3,074.4 | $14,691 | $25,722,799 | 3,183.5 | $8,080 |
| El Monte City* | $113,059,959 | 7,762.5 | $14,565 | $79,376,500 | 9,289.4 | $8,545 |
| El Monte Union High | $120,554,788 | 8,031.2 | $15,011 | $88,530,282 | 9,595.6 | $9,226 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| El Rancho Unified | $100,923,511 | 7,872.9 | $12,819 | $81,666,749 | 9,865.6 | $8,278 |
| El Segundo Unified | $39,583,815 | 3,407.9 | $11,615 | $23,905,791 | 3,058.3 | $7,817 |
| Garvey* | $67,388,434 | 4,371.2 | $15,417 | $47,272,806 | 5,486.6 | $8,616 |
| Glendale Unified | $339,256,327 | 24,691.5 | $13,740 | $207,638,098 | 25,317.1 | $8,201 |
| Glendora Unified | $78,406,178 | 6,884.8 | $11,388 | $48,586,144 | 6,996.2 | $6,945 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Gorman Joint* | $987,535 | 65.9 | $14,985 | $924,422 | 88.0 | $10,511 |
| Hacienda La Puente Unified | $241,812,805 | 17,109.3 | $14,133 | $164,527,963 | 20,178.0 | $8,154 |
| Hawthorne* | $104,416,525 | 7,022.1 | $14,870 | $61,416,321 | 7,911.9 | $7,763 |
| Hermosa Beach City* | $13,293,954 | 1,308.2 | $10,162 | $9,397,907 | 1,258.2 | $7,469 |
| Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary* | $1,642,918 | 168.2 | $9,768 | $2,821,063 | 326.7 | $8,636 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Inglewood Unified | $117,527,233 | 8,657.4 | $13,575 | $109,356,847 | 12,466.2 | $8,772 |
| Keppel Union* | $32,440,457 | 2,531.1 | $12,817 | $20,472,585 | 2,607.8 | $7,850 |
| La Cañada Unified | $49,032,820 | 4,030.0 | $12,167 | $31,675,394 | 3,902.3 | $8,117 |
| Lancaster* | $182,306,972 | 13,498.7 | $13,506 | $98,931,798 | 13,606.5 | $7,271 |
| Las Virgenes Unified | $118,002,532 | 10,420.4 | $11,324 | $87,331,640 | 10,962.6 | $7,966 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Lawndale Elementary* | $74,050,008 | 4,972.1 | $14,893 | $47,212,482 | 5,609.5 | $8,417 |
| Lennox* | $62,345,880 | 4,913.0 | $12,690 | $49,685,229 | 5,101.0 | $9,740 |
| Little Lake City* | $52,531,209 | 4,151.9 | $12,652 | $35,164,726 | 4,611.9 | $7,625 |
| Long Beach Unified | $911,149,330 | 68,158.5 | $13,368 | $680,681,942 | 80,688.4 | $8,436 |
| Los Angeles Unified | $7,956,466,458 | 455,015.0 | $17,486 | $5,670,583,718 | 564,537.0 | $10,045 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Los Nietos* | $22,033,911 | 1,439.6 | $15,305 | $15,347,517 | 1,880.1 | $8,163 |
| Lowell Joint* | $31,417,780 | 3,056.5 | $10,279 | $20,107,619 | 3,022.2 | $6,653 |
| Lynwood Unified | $198,143,258 | 12,417.0 | $15,957 | $115,781,856 | 14,964.0 | $7,737 |
| Manhattan Beach Unified | $85,690,980 | 6,302.3 | $13,597 | $48,686,735 | 6,411.2 | $7,594 |
| Monrovia Unified | $68,589,714 | 5,133.0 | $13,363 | $46,027,236 | 5,681.6 | $8,101 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Montebello Unified | $376,688,698 | 23,026.8 | $16,359 | $244,267,691 | 30,433.1 | $8,026 |
| Mountain View* | $88,260,620 | 5,813.4 | $15,182 | $66,091,774 | 7,677.6 | $8,608 |
| Newhall* | $66,917,283 | 6,046.5 | $11,067 | $47,306,044 | 6,762.6 | $6,995 |
| Norwalk-La Mirada Unified | $231,035,662 | 16,330.6 | $14,147 | $157,691,174 | 19,480.1 | $8,095 |
| Palmdale* | $249,063,939 | 17,300.5 | $14,396 | $147,916,270 | 19,424.2 | $7,615 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified | $133,231,849 | 10,672.1 | $12,484 | $91,695,305 | 11,569.1 | $7,926 |
| Paramount Unified | $196,947,695 | 13,709.2 | $14,366 | $124,133,931 | 15,152.1 | $8,193 |
| Pasadena Unified | $221,576,166 | 15,109.3 | $14,665 | $172,647,726 | 17,807.1 | $9,695 |
| Pomona Unified | $301,647,928 | 21,122.8 | $14,281 | $237,748,520 | 26,625.3 | $8,929 |
| Redondo Beach Unified | $103,639,913 | 9,743.7 | $10,637 | $64,199,255 | 8,098.9 | $7,927 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Rosemead Elementary* | $31,177,431 | 2,332.1 | $13,369 | $23,355,620 | 2,871.1 | $8,135 |
| Rowland Unified | $188,053,297 | 12,595.3 | $14,930 | $123,934,327 | 15,163.9 | $8,173 |
| San Gabriel Unified | $64,269,476 | 4,784.3 | $13,434 | $39,923,009 | 5,299.2 | $7,534 |
| San Marino Unified | $33,979,571 | 2,841.6 | $11,958 | $26,947,423 | 3,132.3 | $8,603 |
| Santa Monica-Malibu Unified | $164,235,841 | 9,840.6 | $16,690 | $110,400,074 | 10,994.9 | $10,041 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Saugus Union* | $102,962,331 | 9,446.5 | $10,900 | $73,627,411 | 10,077.5 | $7,306 |
| South Pasadena Unified | $52,199,810 | 4,743.0 | $11,006 | $31,686,813 | 4,300.7 | $7,368 |
| South Whittier* | $38,675,942 | 2,465.5 | $15,687 | $26,840,157 | 3,430.5 | $7,824 |
| Sulphur Springs Union* | $60,878,744 | 5,108.3 | $11,918 | $44,179,568 | 5,436.0 | $8,127 |
| Temple City Unified | $62,126,953 | 5,463.4 | $11,371 | $40,740,941 | 5,502.1 | $7,405 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Torrance Unified | $248,351,608 | 22,300.8 | $11,136 | $166,386,186 | 23,420.3 | $7,104 |
| Valle Lindo* | $12,182,674 | 1,026.2 | $11,872 | $7,809,683 | 1,064.9 | $7,334 |
| Walnut Valley Unified | $156,741,865 | 13,436.1 | $11,666 | $103,034,359 | 14,382.5 | $7,164 |
| West Covina Unified | $116,494,941 | 8,215.7 | $14,180 | $70,663,444 | 8,795.8 | $8,034 |
| Westside Union* | $100,583,759 | 9,235.9 | $10,890 | $52,040,259 | 8,019.1 | $6,490 |
| School District | School Year 2020-2021 (Latest Data Available) |
School Year 2010-2011 | ||||
| Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | Total Expense of Education (1) | Expense ADA (2) | Expense Per ADA(3) | |
| Whittier City* | $77,914,661 | 5,759.3 | $13,528 | $46,590,402 | 6,269.8 | $7,431 |
| Whittier Union High | $165,086,719 | 10,744.6 | $15,365 | $106,082,888 | 12,779.4 | $8,301 |
| William S. Hart Union High | $250,330,202 | 21,274.9 | $11,766 | $162,540,190 | 21,945.8 | $7,406 |
| Wilsona Elementary* | $17,577,896 | 1,169.6 | $15,029 | $11,513,622 | 1,395.7 | $8,249 |
| Wiseburn Unified (4) | $29,270,429 | 2,426.0 | $12,065 | $16,558,725 | 2,425.8 | $6,826 |
* Elementary School District
(1) TOTAL EXPENSE OF EDUCATION: Includes salaries, employee benefits (state payments to retirement systems on behalf of districts were included since 2014-15), books and supplies, equipment replacement, and services and indirect costs. Deducted from this figure are non-agency activities, community services, food services, fringe benefits for retired persons and facilities acquisition and construction.
(2) EXPENSE ADA: Total days of student attendance divided by the total days of instruction. This figure, accounting for student absences and other factors, differs from total enrollment.
(3) EXPENSE PER ADA: Adjusted expenditures are divided by the total ADA to arrive at the Current Expense (or Cost) of Education per ADA.
Source: California Dept. of Education
