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Waterford Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Waterford Unified runs 5 public schools with 1,725 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 20.8 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,725
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83
- Students per teacher
- 20.8
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 219 North Reinway Ave. Bldg. 2, Waterford, CA 95386
- Phone
- (209)874-1809
- County
- Stanislaus County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0600063
- State district ID
- CA-5075572
- Total staff (FTE)
- 245
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 863 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.8
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 (1,810), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $40.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.4 million
- State revenue
- $21.2 million
- Local revenue
- $8.5 million
- Total spending
- $32.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,937
- Salaries
- $15.6 million48.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 25.9%
- State: 52.9%
- Local: 21.2%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,937
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Waterford Unified
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lucille Whitehead IntermediateCEP school | Middle | 4 to 6 | 355 | 27.3 |
| Richard M. Moon PrimaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 510 | 23.2 |
| Sentinel High | High | 9 to 12 | 14 | 7.0 |
| Waterford HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 582 | 19.4 |
| Waterford JuniorCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 260 | 18.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Stanislaus County
- Modesto City High School District 15,443 students
- Modesto City Elementary School District 14,461 students
- Ceres Unified 13,692 students
- Turlock Unified 13,488 students
- Sylvan Union Elementary 7,977 students
- Patterson Joint Unified 6,070 students
- Oakdale Joint Unified 5,118 students
- Stanislaus Union Elementary 3,329 students
- Newman-Crows Landing Unified 3,085 students
- Riverbank Unified 2,960 students
- Empire Union Elementary 2,803 students
- Hughson Unified 2,239 students
- Salida Union Elementary 2,041 students
- Denair Unified 1,301 students
- Hart-Ransom Union Elementary 1,225 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.