Regular local school district · Colusa County
Pierce Joint Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Pierce Joint Unified runs 5 public schools with 1,447 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 19.3 students per teacher is 2.6 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,447
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75
- Students per teacher
- 19.3
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 540 A Sixth St., Arbuckle, CA 95912
- Phone
- (530)476-2892
- County
- Colusa County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0630360
- State district ID
- CA-0661614
- Total staff (FTE)
- 150
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 362 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.3
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 (1,443), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $25.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.2 million
- State revenue
- $14.2 million
- Local revenue
- $8.2 million
- Total spending
- $23.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,076
- Salaries
- $9.4 million40.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.4%
- State: 55.6%
- Local: 32.0%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,076
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Pierce Joint Unified
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Arbuckle Alternative High (Continuation) | High | 9 to 12 | 10 | |
| Arbuckle Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 604 | 21.6 |
| Grand Island Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 49 | 16.3 |
| Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High | Middle | 6 to 8 | 321 | 20.1 |
| Pierce High | High | 9 to 12 | 463 | 17.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Colusa County
- Colusa Unified 1,470 students
- Williams Unified 1,303 students
- Maxwell Unified 331 students
- Princeton Joint Unified 126 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.