Regular local school district · Modoc County
Modoc Joint Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Modoc Joint Unified runs 6 public schools with 766 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 16.7 students per teacher is 5.2 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 766
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46
- Students per teacher
- 16.7
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 906 West Fourth St., Alturas, CA 96101
- Phone
- (530)233-7201
- County
- Modoc County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0625190
- State district ID
- CA-2573585
- Total staff (FTE)
- 108
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 766 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.7
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 (814), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.0 million
- State revenue
- $7.3 million
- Local revenue
- $3.5 million
- Total spending
- $11.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,898
- Salaries
- $5.4 million47.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.7%
- State: 57.3%
- Local: 27.0%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,898
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Modoc Joint Unified
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alturas ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 333 | 16.6 |
| High Desert Community Day | Middle | 6 to 10 | 3 | |
| Modoc HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 245 | 16.3 |
| Modoc MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 172 | 17.2 |
| State Line Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 0 | |
| Warner High | High | 9 to 12 | 13 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Modoc County
- Surprise Valley Joint Unified 89 students
- Modoc County Office of Education 0 students
- Modoc 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.