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Davis Joint Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Davis Joint Unified runs 17 public schools with 8,246 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 21.7 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 8,246
- Teachers (FTE)
- 380
- Students per teacher
- 21.7
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 526 B St., Davis, CA 95616
- Phone
- (530)757-5300
- County
- Yolo County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0610620
- State district ID
- CA-5772678
- Total staff (FTE)
- 914
- School counselors (FTE)
- 29.0About 284 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 22.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district21.7
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 (8,229), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $146.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.1 million
- State revenue
- $52.9 million
- Local revenue
- $82.3 million
- Total spending
- $149.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,144
- Salaries
- $75.4 million50.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $203.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.6%
- State: 36.2%
- Local: 56.2%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,144
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Davis Joint Unified
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 9 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Birch Lane Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 571 | 23.8 |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 510 | 24.3 |
| Da Vinci Charter AcademyCharter | High | 7 to 12 | 562 | 18.7 |
| Davis School for Independent Study | Other | K to 12 | 124 | 12.4 |
| Davis Senior High | High | 10 to 12 | 1,755 | 23.1 |
| Davis Special Education Pre-School | ||||
| Fairfield Elementary | Elementary | K to 3 | 48 | 24.0 |
| Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High | Middle | 7 to 9 | 533 | 20.5 |
| Fred T. Korematsu Elementary at Mace Ranch | Elementary | K to 6 | 509 | 24.2 |
| Marguerite Montgomery Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 457 | 22.9 |
| Martin Luther King High | High | 9 to 12 | 51 | 12.8 |
| North Davis Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 552 | 26.3 |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High | Middle | 7 to 9 | 588 | 19.6 |
| Patwin Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 379 | 25.3 |
| Pioneer Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 572 | 24.9 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High | Middle | 7 to 9 | 524 | 19.4 |
| Robert E. Willett Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 506 | 23.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Yolo County
- Woodland Joint Unified 9,355 students
- Washington Unified 7,462 students
- Winters Joint Unified 1,636 students
- Esparto Unified 994 students
- River Charter Schools Lighthouse Charter District 446 students
- Empowering Possibilities International Charter District 426 students
- Sacramento Valley Charter District 415 students
- Delta Elementary Charter District 325 students
- Yolo County Office of Education 221 students
- Yolo County ROP 0 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.