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District profile / California

San Diego Unified

San Diego, California · Superintendent: Fabiola Bagula · #2 of 554 California districts by enrollment

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95,175
Students
2024-25 school year
175
Schools
2024-25 school year
$15,976
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 16% above the California median
23.0
Students per teacher
2024-25 · California median 21.7

San Diego Unified is a public school district based in San Diego, California, serving 95,175 students in 175 schools. By enrollment it ranks #2 of the 554 California districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 100% of them. Its schools average 544 students each, about the same as the California median of 533. Its superintendent is Fabiola Bagula. It spends about $15,976 per student on day-to-day operations, 16% more than the California median. It has roughly 23.0 students per teacher. We've matched 16 news stories to the district.

How San Diego compares

San DiegoCalifornia median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$15,976
California median $13,724 · 16% above · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$9,592
California median $8,321 · 15% above · FY2020-21
Students per school544
California median 533 · about the same · 2024-25
Students per teacher23.0
California median 21.7 · 6% above · 2024-25
Students per counselor326
California median 474 · 31% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$2.24 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 11%State 24%Local 65%
MeasureSan DiegoCalifornia medianYear
Current spending per student$15,976$13,724FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$9,592$8,321FY2020-21
Total spending$2.25 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$2.24 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)4,140n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)10,908n/a2024-25
Students per teacher23.021.72024-25
Students per counselor3264742024-25

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.

Leadership

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Fabiola Bagula

Superintendent, San Diego Unified

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

In the news

16 stories matched

Peer districts in California

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DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
San Diego UnifiedSan Diego · this district95,175175$15,97623.0#2
Fresno UnifiedFresno68,131101$15,56519.3#3
Elk Grove UnifiedElk Grove63,42167$12,17922.7#4
Long Beach UnifiedLong Beach62,64482$13,49823.7#5
Corona-Norco UnifiedNorco49,48753$12,31024.0#6

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Katy ISDKaty, TX96,111$10,29913.9
Jefferson County Public SchoolsLouisville, KY95,180$14,93115.2
DeKalb CountyStone Mountain, GA91,752$13,66813.6
Denver Public SchoolsDenver, CO90,471$13,80415.1

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ca-san-diego-unified