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Turlock Unified

Turlock, California · Superintendent: David Lattig · #107 of 554 California districts by enrollment

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13,488

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,278

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the California median

22.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · California median 21.7

Turlock Unified is a public school district based in Turlock, California, serving 13,488 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #107 of the 554 California districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 963 students each, more than the California median of 533. Its superintendent is David Lattig. It spends about $13,278 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 22.2 students per teacher.

How Turlock compares

TurlockCalifornia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,278

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

Instruction spending per student$8,730

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

Students per school963

California median 533 · 81% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher22.2

California median 21.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor450

California median 474 · 5% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$213.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 63%Local 27%

Measure	Turlock	California median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,278	$13,724	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,730	$8,321	FY2020-21
Total spending	$227.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$213.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	608	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,117	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	22.2	21.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	450	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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David Lattig

Superintendent, Turlock 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
Apple Valley UnifiedApple Valley	13,639	15	$11,653	23.0	#105
Cupertino UnionSunnyvale	13,533	23	$12,354	21.5	#106
Turlock UnifiedTurlock · this district	13,488	14	$13,278	22.2	#107
Pleasanton UnifiedPleasanton	13,338	17	$12,555	23.2	#108
Sanger UnifiedSanger	13,313	20	$12,922	22.9	#109

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Grapevine-Colleyville ISDGrapevine, TX	13,541	$10,280	14.9
Flagler CountyBunnell, FL	13,521	$9,108	17.7
Fort Stockton ISDFort Stockton, TX	13,480	$12,588	84.8
Cartwright Elementary District (4282)Phoenix, AZ	13,436	$10,819	19.9

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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