Regular local school district · Imperial County
Imperial Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Imperial Unified runs 6 public schools with 4,795 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 22.4 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 4,795
- Teachers (FTE)
- 214
- Students per teacher
- 22.4
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 219 North E St., Imperial, CA 92251
- Phone
- (760)355-3200
- County
- Imperial County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0618210
- State district ID
- CA-1363164
- Total staff (FTE)
- 499
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 959 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district22.4
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 (4,335), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $73.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.1 million
- State revenue
- $54.0 million
- Local revenue
- $13.4 million
- Total spending
- $56.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,976
- Salaries
- $31.6 million56.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $47.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 73.5%
- Local: 18.2%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,976
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Imperial Unified
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ben Hulse ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 838 | 22.6 |
| Frank M. Wright MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,116 | 22.8 |
| Imperial Ave. Holbrook HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 28 | 14.0 |
| Imperial Cross ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 760 | 22.4 |
| Imperial HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,439 | 23.2 |
| T. L. Waggoner ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 613 | 21.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Imperial County
- Calexico Unified 8,022 students
- El Centro Elementary School District 5,157 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.