Regular local school district · Inyo County
Bishop Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Bishop Unified runs 9 public schools with 1,910 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 18.0 students per teacher is 3.9 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 1,910
- Teachers (FTE)
- 106
- Students per teacher
- 18.0
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 656 West Pine St., Bishop, CA 93514
- Phone
- (760)872-3680
- County
- Inyo County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0601409
- State district ID
- CA-1476687
- Total staff (FTE)
- 239
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 955 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.0
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 (1,969), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $29.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.6 million
- State revenue
- $9.8 million
- Local revenue
- $15.2 million
- Total spending
- $26.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,657
- Salaries
- $14.4 million53.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.4%
- State: 33.3%
- Local: 51.3%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,657
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Bishop Unified
By level: 5 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bishop ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 832 | 18.9 |
| Bishop Independent Study | High | 9 to 12 | 13 | |
| Bishop Union HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 608 | 18.4 |
| CDS Bishop Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 8 | |
| CDS Bishop High | High | 9 to 12 | 1 | 1.0 |
| CDS Home Street | Middle | 6 to 8 | 6 | |
| Home Street Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 414 | 19.7 |
| Keith B. Bright High (Juvenile Hall)CEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Palisade Glacier High (Continuation)CEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 25 | 8.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Inyo County
- Lone Pine Unified 283 students
- Big Pine Unified 151 students
- Owens Valley Unified 99 students
- Round Valley Joint Elementary School District 68 students
- Death Valley Unified 21 students
- Inyo County Office of Education 7 students
- Inyo County Career Technical Education
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.