Regular local school district · Kern County
Caliente Union Elementary, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Caliente Union Elementary runs 1 public school with 44 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 14.7 students per teacher is 7.2 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 44
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3
- Students per teacher
- 14.7
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 12400 Caliente Creek Rd., Caliente, CA 93518
- Phone
- (661)867-2301
- County
- Kern County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0606960
- State district ID
- CA-1563388
- Total staff (FTE)
- 13
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.7
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 (51), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $925,000
- Federal revenue
- $204,000
- State revenue
- $451,000
- Local revenue
- $270,000
- Total spending
- $960,000
- Spending per pupil
- $18,824
- Salaries
- $421,00043.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 22.1%
- State: 48.8%
- Local: 29.2%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,824
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Caliente Union Elementary
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Piute Mountain Elementary | Elementary | K to 8 | 44 | 14.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kern County
- Kern High School District 43,237 students
- Bakersfield City School District 28,365 students
- Panama-Buena Vista Union 19,366 students
- Greenfield Union 8,860 students
- Blue Ridge Academy District 7,657 students
- Rosedale Union Elementary 6,203 students
- Delano Union Elementary 6,185 students
- Heartland Charter District 5,970 students
- Sierra Sands Unified 4,974 students
- Tehachapi Unified 4,156 students
- Norris Elementary School District 4,153 students
- Delano Joint Union High 4,004 students
- Southern Kern Unified 3,636 students
- Wasco Union Elementary 3,474 students
- McFarland Unified 3,282 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.