Regular local school district · Imperial County
El Centro Elementary School District, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
El Centro Elementary School District runs 13 public schools with 5,157 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 21.5 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.Listed in NCES data as "El Centro Elementary".
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 5,157
- Teachers (FTE)
- 240
- Students per teacher
- 21.5
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1256 Broadway, El Centro, CA 92243
- Phone
- (760)352-5712
- County
- Imperial County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0612030
- State district ID
- CA-1363123
- Total staff (FTE)
- 761
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 1,289 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district21.5
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 (5,292), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $97.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $23.4 million
- State revenue
- $65.1 million
- Local revenue
- $8.7 million
- Total spending
- $91.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,209
- Salaries
- $44.4 million48.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 24.1%
- State: 67.0%
- Local: 8.9%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,209
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in El Centro Elementary School District
By level: 2 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Booker T. Washington ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 351 | 18.5 |
| De Anza MagnetCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 504 | 24.0 |
| Desert Garden ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 358 | 22.4 |
| El Centro District Wide Preschool | ||||
| Harding ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 601 | 24.0 |
| Imperial Valley Home School AcademyCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 131 | 26.2 |
| Kennedy MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 434 | 17.4 |
| Lincoln ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 399 | 21.0 |
| Margaret Hedrick ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 446 | 22.3 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 445 | 23.4 |
| McKinley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 456 | 25.3 |
| Sunflower ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 427 | 21.4 |
| Wilson Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 605 | 18.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Imperial County
- Calexico Unified 8,022 students
- Imperial Unified 4,795 students
- Central Union High 4,070 students
- Brawley Elementary School District 3,883 students
- Brawley Union High 2,047 students
- Holtville Unified 1,574 students
- Heber Elementary School District 1,155 students
- McCabe Union Elementary 1,109 students
- Calipatria Unified 1,080 students
- San Pasqual Valley Unified 577 students
- Imperial County Office of Education 521 students
- Meadows Union 352 students
- Seeley Union Elementary 325 students
- Westmorland Union Elementary 304 students
- Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences District 230 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.