Regular local school district · Alameda County
Berkeley Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Berkeley Unified runs 18 public schools with 9,162 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 19.2 students per teacher is 2.7 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 18
- Students
- 9,162
- Teachers (FTE)
- 478
- Students per teacher
- 19.2
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2020 Bonar St., Berkeley, CA 94702
- Phone
- (510)644-6150
- County
- Alameda County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0604740
- State district ID
- CA-0161143
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,159
- School counselors (FTE)
- 32.0About 286 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 27.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.2
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (9,409), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $221.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.9 million
- State revenue
- $66.7 million
- Local revenue
- $141.5 million
- Total spending
- $243.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,905
- Salaries
- $110.5 million45.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $287.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.9%
- State: 30.2%
- Local: 64.0%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,905
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Berkeley Unified
By level: 2 high, 3 middle, 12 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier | Elementary | K to 5 | 407 | 21.4 |
| Berkeley High | High | 9 to 12 | 3,218 | 18.5 |
| Berkeley Independent Study K-8CEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 19 | 9.5 |
| Berkeley Special Education Preschool | ||||
| Berkeley Technology AcademyCEP school | High | 10 to 12 | 54 | 10.8 |
| Cragmont Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 290 | 22.3 |
| Emerson Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 283 | 21.8 |
| John Muir ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 293 | 20.9 |
| Longfellow Arts and Technology MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 462 | 14.9 |
| Malcolm X ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 469 | 20.4 |
| Martin Luther King Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 851 | 18.1 |
| Oxford Elementary at West CampusCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 254 | 21.2 |
| Rosa Parks Environmental Science | Elementary | K to 5 | 393 | 20.7 |
| Ruth Acty Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 410 | 21.6 |
| Sylvia Mendez ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 379 | 21.1 |
| Thousand Oaks Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 337 | 21.1 |
| Washington Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 401 | 25.1 |
| Willard Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 596 | 17.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Alameda County
- Oakland Unified 33,838 students
- Fremont Unified 33,134 students
- Hayward Unified 17,377 students
- Pleasanton Unified 13,338 students
- Livermore Valley Joint Unified 12,968 students
- Dublin Unified 12,808 students
- Chico Unified 12,266 students
- New Haven Unified 10,069 students
- Castro Valley Unified 9,570 students
- Alameda Unified 9,292 students
- San Leandro Unified 8,866 students
- San Lorenzo Unified 7,957 students
- Newark Unified 4,666 students
- Albany City Unified 3,694 students
- Piedmont City Unified 2,455 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.