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Golden Plains Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Golden Plains Unified runs 6 public schools with 1,352 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 17.1 students per teacher is 4.8 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,352
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79
- Students per teacher
- 17.1
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 22000 Nevada St., San Joaquin, CA 93660
- Phone
- (559)210-5801
- County
- Fresno County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0691134
- State district ID
- CA-1075234
- Total staff (FTE)
- 193
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 338 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.1
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 (1,520), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $31.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.5 million
- State revenue
- $17.7 million
- Local revenue
- $8.0 million
- Total spending
- $28.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,411
- Salaries
- $12.6 million45.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.7%
- State: 56.5%
- Local: 25.8%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,411
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Golden Plains Unified
By level: 2 high, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cantua ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 184 | 18.4 |
| Helm ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 60 | 12.0 |
| Rio Del Rey High (Continuation) | High | 9 to 12 | 10 | 10.0 |
| San Joaquin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 518 | 21.6 |
| Tranquillity ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 209 | 17.4 |
| Tranquillity HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 370 | 14.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Fresno County
- Fresno Unified 68,131 students
- Clovis Unified 43,669 students
- Central Unified 15,962 students
- Sanger Unified 13,313 students
- Kings Canyon Joint Unified 9,696 students
- Selma Unified 5,914 students
- Kerman Unified 5,273 students
- Coalinga-Huron Unified 4,418 students
- Mendota Unified 3,977 students
- Parlier Unified 3,206 students
- Yosemite Valley Charter District 3,065 students
- Fowler Unified 2,563 students
- Washington Unified 2,340 students
- Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified 2,232 students
- Kingsburg Elementary Charter 2,100 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.