Regular local school district · Plumas County
Plumas Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Plumas Unified runs 9 public schools with 1,671 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 16.9 students per teacher is 5.0 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 1,671
- Teachers (FTE)
- 99
- Students per teacher
- 16.9
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 50 Church St., Quincy, CA 95971
- Phone
- (530)283-6500
- County
- Plumas County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0631170
- State district ID
- CA-3266969
- Total staff (FTE)
- 254
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 836 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.9
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 (1,661), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $37.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.2 million
- State revenue
- $6.5 million
- Local revenue
- $26.6 million
- Total spending
- $33.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,912
- Salaries
- $14.8 million44.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $54.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 17.5%
- Local: 71.1%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,912
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Plumas Unified
By level: 5 high, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Almanor High (Continuation) | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Beckwourth (Jim) High (Continuation) | High | 9 to 12 | 15 | |
| C. Roy Carmichael ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 344 | 20.2 |
| Chester ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 171 | 24.4 |
| Chester Junior/Senior HighCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 124 | 10.3 |
| Greenville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 106 | 17.7 |
| Portola Junior/Senior HighCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 256 | 14.2 |
| Quincy ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 342 | 21.4 |
| Quincy Junior/Senior HighCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 310 | 15.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Plumas County
- Plumas Charter District 349 students
- Plumas County Office of Education 15 students
- Plumas 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.