Regular local school district · Madera County
Chawanakee Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Chawanakee Unified runs 9 public schools with 1,409 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 19.6 students per teacher is 2.3 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 1,409
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72
- Students per teacher
- 19.6
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 26065 Outback Industrial Way, O'Neals, CA 93645
- Phone
- (559)877-6209
- County
- Madera County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0600116
- State district ID
- CA-2075606
- Total staff (FTE)
- 176
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 282 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district19.6
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 (1,531), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $33.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.5 million
- State revenue
- $25.2 million
- Local revenue
- $6.8 million
- Total spending
- $31.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,639
- Salaries
- $10.1 million31.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 75.2%
- Local: 20.4%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,639
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Chawanakee Unified
By level: 4 high, 3 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cedar Continuation High | High | 9 to 12 | 10 | |
| Chawanakee Academy CharterCEP schoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 187 | 20.8 |
| Hillside ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 310 | 22.1 |
| Manzanita Community Day | Other | 4 to 12 | 0 | |
| Minarets Charter HighCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 165 | 27.5 |
| Minarets HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 265 | 16.6 |
| Mountain Oaks HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 13 | 6.5 |
| North Fork ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 227 | 20.6 |
| Spring Valley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 230 | 23.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Madera County
- Madera Unified 19,935 students
- Golden Valley Unified 2,997 students
- Chowchilla Elementary School District 2,143 students
- Yosemite Unified 1,387 students
- Chowchilla Union High 1,093 students
- Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary 794 students
- Liberty Charter District 704 students
- Madera County Superintendent of Schools 648 students
- Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary 399 students
- Sherman Thomas Charter District 233 students
- Mountain Home Charter (Alternative) District 213 students
- Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary 88 students
- Glacier High School Charter District 82 students
- Sherman Thomas STEM Academy District 75 students
- Sherman Thomas Charter High District 69 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.