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Penn Valley Union Elementary, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Penn Valley Union Elementary runs 4 public schools with 535 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 19.1 students per teacher is 2.8 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 535
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28
- Students per teacher
- 19.1
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 10862 Spenceville Rd., Penn Valley, CA 95946
- Phone
- (530)432-7311
- County
- Nevada County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0601427
- State district ID
- CA-2976877
- Total staff (FTE)
- 64
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 535 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district19.1
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 (564), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $10.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $2.4 million
- Local revenue
- $6.5 million
- Total spending
- $7.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,727
- Salaries
- $3.8 million52.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 23.9%
- Local: 63.9%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,727
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Penn Valley Union Elementary
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Penn Valley Union Special Education Preschool | ||||
| Ready Springs Elementary | Middle | 4 to 8 | 255 | 19.6 |
| Vantage Point CharterCharter | Other | K to 12 | 33 | 11.0 |
| Williams Ranch Elementary | Elementary | K to 3 | 247 | 22.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Nevada County
- Tahoe-Truckee Unified 3,959 students
- Nevada Joint Union High 2,574 students
- Grass Valley Elementary School District 1,613 students
- Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary 1,443 students
- Nevada County Office of Education 1,200 students
- Nevada City Elementary School District 691 students
- Union Hill Elementary 688 students
- John Muir Charter District 629 students
- Nevada City School of the Arts District 477 students
- Yuba River Charter District 323 students
- Sierra Expeditionary Learning District 216 students
- Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning District 191 students
- Clear Creek Elementary School District 173 students
- Chicago Park Elementary School District 163 students
- Twin Ridges Elementary School District 105 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.