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Corning Union High

Corning, California · Superintendent: John Miller · #543 of 554 California districts by enrollment

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1,070

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,808

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the California median

17.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · California median 21.7

Corning Union High is a public school district based in Corning, California, serving 1,070 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #543 of the 554 California districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 2% of them. Its schools average 357 students each, fewer than the California median of 533. Its superintendent is John Miller. It spends about $13,808 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.8 students per teacher.

How Corning Union High compares

Corning Union HighCalifornia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,808

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

Instruction spending per student$7,990

California median $8,321 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school357

California median 533 · 33% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.8

California median 21.7 · 18% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor268

California median 474 · 43% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$21.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 57%Local 23%

Measure	Corning Union High	California median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,808	$13,724	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,990	$8,321	FY2020-21
Total spending	$20.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$21.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	60	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	142	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.8	21.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	268	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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John Miller

Superintendent, Corning Union High

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
Calipatria UnifiedCalipatria	1,080	4	$15,316	16.9	#542
Corning Union HighCorning · this district	1,070	3	$13,808	17.8	#543
Keyes UnionKeyes	1,065	3	$14,033	23.2	#544
Santa Cruz County Office of EducationSanta Cruz	1,063	4	$41,345	19.0	#545
Rio Bravo-Greeley Union ElementaryBakersfield	1,057	2	$11,912	21.6	#546

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Greenville Central School DistrictGreenville, NY	1,071	$26,048	11.6
Marietta Public SchoolsMarietta, OK	1,071	$9,098	18.5
Rogue River School District 35Rogue River, OR	1,071	$11,907	17.3
Harrisburg School DistrictHarrisburg, AR	1,070	$12,944	12.4

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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