Regular local school district · Tuolumne County
Columbia Union, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Columbia Union runs 1 public school with 466 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 17.9 students per teacher is 4.0 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 466
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26
- Students per teacher
- 17.9
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 22540 Parrotts Ferry Rd., Columbia, CA 95310
- Phone
- (209)532-0202
- County
- Tuolumne County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0609480
- State district ID
- CA-5572348
- Total staff (FTE)
- 60
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 466 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.9
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 (433), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $7.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $723,000
- State revenue
- $3.5 million
- Local revenue
- $3.2 million
- Total spending
- $6.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,145
- Salaries
- $3.0 million45.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.8%
- State: 46.8%
- Local: 43.4%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,145
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Columbia Union
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Columbia ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 464 | 17.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Tuolumne County
- Sonora Union High 1,000 students
- Summerville Union High 644 students
- Sonora Elementary School District 643 students
- Soulsbyville Elementary School District 499 students
- Summerville Elementary School District 457 students
- Jamestown Elementary School District 440 students
- Gold Rush Home Study Charter District 430 students
- Curtis Creek Elementary School District 410 students
- Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified 268 students
- Twain Harte School District 258 students
- Belleview Elementary School District 149 students
- Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools 77 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.