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Laguna Beach Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Laguna Beach Unified runs 4 public schools with 2,291 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 18.5 students per teacher is 3.4 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,291
- Teachers (FTE)
- 124
- Students per teacher
- 18.5
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 550 Blumont St., Laguna Beach, CA 92651
- Phone
- (949)497-7700
- County
- Orange County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0620370
- State district ID
- CA-3066555
- Total staff (FTE)
- 300
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 229 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.5
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 (2,634), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $76.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.0 million
- State revenue
- $7.6 million
- Local revenue
- $65.5 million
- Total spending
- $68.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $26,166
- Salaries
- $35.7 million51.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.0%
- State: 10.0%
- Local: 86.0%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$26,166
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Laguna Beach Unified
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| El Morro Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 404 | 21.3 |
| Laguna Beach High | High | 9 to 12 | 815 | 17.7 |
| Thurston Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 524 | 16.9 |
| Top of the World Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 536 | 19.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Orange County
- Capistrano Unified 40,358 students
- Irvine Unified 38,028 students
- Garden Grove Unified 37,009 students
- Santa Ana Unified 36,036 students
- Anaheim Union High 26,120 students
- Orange Unified 23,823 students
- Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified 22,698 students
- Saddleback Valley Unified 22,691 students
- Tustin Unified 21,342 students
- Newport-Mesa Unified 17,635 students
- Huntington Beach Union High 13,982 students
- Anaheim Elementary School District 13,838 students
- Fullerton Joint Union High 12,631 students
- Fullerton Elementary School District 11,262 students
- Los Alamitos Unified 8,740 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.