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Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified

Placentia, California · Superintendent: Kymberly Leblanc-Esparza · #43 of 554 California districts by enrollment

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22,698

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,415

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 10% below the California median

22.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · California median 21.7

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified is a public school district based in Placentia, California, serving 22,698 students in 34 schools. By enrollment it ranks #43 of the 554 California districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 92% of them. Its schools average 668 students each, more than the California median of 533. Its superintendent is Kymberly Leblanc-Esparza. It spends about $12,415 per student on day-to-day operations, 10% less than the California median. It has roughly 22.8 students per teacher.

How Placentia-Yorba Linda compares

Placentia-Yorba LindaCalifornia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,415

California median $13,724 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,917

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

Students per school668

California median 533 · 25% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher22.8

California median 21.7 · 5% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor554

California median 474 · 17% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$384.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 40%Local 49%

Measure	Placentia-Yorba Linda	California median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,415	$13,724	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,917	$8,321	FY2020-21
Total spending	$339.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$384.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	997	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,111	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	22.8	21.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	554	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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Kymberly Leblanc-Esparza

Superintendent, Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified

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
Rialto UnifiedRialto	23,073	30	$14,341	23.2	#41
Hemet UnifiedHemet	22,891	27	$15,161	21.9	#42
Placentia-Yorba Linda UnifiedPlacentia · this district	22,698	34	$12,415	22.8	#43
Saddleback Valley UnifiedMission Viejo	22,691	34	$12,689	22.7	#44
Downey UnifiedDowney	22,462	21	$14,339	23.7	#45

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Washington County Public SchoolsHagerstown, MD	22,772	$16,033	14.5
Northshore School DistrictBothell, WA	22,735	$15,412	18.7
Springdale School DistrictSpringdale, AR	22,685	$10,697	15.0
Alamance-Burlington SchoolsBurlington, NC	22,661	$10,280	16.4

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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