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Chula Vista Elementary

Chula Vista, California · Superintendent: Eduardo Reyes · #46 of 554 California districts by enrollment

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22,245

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,624

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the California median

22.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · California median 21.7

Chula Vista Elementary is a public school district based in Chula Vista, California, serving 22,245 students in 44 schools. By enrollment it ranks #46 of the 554 California districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 92% of them. Its schools average 506 students each, about the same as the California median of 533. Its superintendent is Eduardo Reyes. It spends about $13,624 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 22.0 students per teacher.

How Chula Vista Elementary compares

Chula Vista ElementaryCalifornia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,624

California median $13,724 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,740

California median $8,321 · 5% above · FY2020-21

Students per school506

California median 533 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher22.0

California median 21.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor1,171

California median 474 · 147% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$489.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 48%Local 40%

Measure	Chula Vista Elementary	California median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,624	$13,724	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,740	$8,321	FY2020-21
Total spending	$442.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$489.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,010	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,969	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	22.0	21.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	1,171	474	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The California median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Eduardo Reyes

Superintendent, Chula Vista Elementary

Source: California Department of Education, School Directory, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in California

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Saddleback Valley UnifiedMission Viejo	22,691	34	$12,689	22.7	#44
Downey UnifiedDowney	22,462	21	$14,339	23.7	#45
Chula Vista ElementaryChula Vista · this district	22,245	44	$13,624	22.0	#46
Chaffey Joint Union HighOntario	22,116	11	$13,126	24.2	#47
Torrance UnifiedTorrance	22,023	32	$11,441	25.2	#48

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Blue ValleyOverland Park, KS	22,252	$11,417	13.3
Federal Way School DistrictFederal Way, WA	22,250	$15,743	18.3
Colorado Springs School District No. 11Colorado Springs, CO	22,227	$12,490	14.9
Bossier ParishBenton, LA	22,224	$12,162	15.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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