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District details
School board members: 5
Students: 18 (2023-2024)
Schools: 1 (2023-2024)
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Big Sur Unified School District is a school district in California (Monterey County). During the 2024 school year, 18 students attended the district's single school.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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About the district

School board

The Big Sur Unified School District consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Irene Kahn
Mark Readdie
Sofia Snavely

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Big Sur Unified School District
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
California State Assembly District 30Dawn AddisDemocratic Party 100% 2%

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2021-2022
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $35,000 $2,059 2%
Local: $601,000 $35,353 41%
State: $841,000 $49,471 57%
Total: $1,477,000 $86,882
Expenditures, 2021-2022
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $1,137,000 $66,882
Total Current Expenditures: $1,047,000 $61,588
Instructional Expenditures: $500,000 $29,411 44%
Student and Staff Support: $9,000 $529 1%
Administration: $318,000 $18,705 28%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $220,000 $12,941 19%
Total Capital Outlay: $90,000 $5,294
Construction: $0 $0
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $0 $0
Interest on Debt: $0 $0

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2021-2022 PS PS PS
2020-2021 PS PS PS
2018-2019 <50 PS <50 PS
2017-2018 PS PS PS PS
2016-2017 40-49 >=50 PS 40-59
2015-2016 <50 PS PS
2014-2015 <50 PS PS PS
2013-2014 PS PS PS
2012-2013 PS PS PS PS
2011-2012 70-79 PS PS <50 PS >=80
2010-2011 40-59 <50 PS 60-79

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2021-2022 PS PS PS
2020-2021 PS PS PS
2018-2019 <50 PS <50 PS
2017-2018 PS PS PS PS
2016-2017 50-59 PS <50 PS 50-59
2015-2016 <50 PS PS
2014-2015 >=50 PS PS PS
2013-2014 PS PS PS
2012-2013 PS PS PS PS
2011-2012 >=90 PS PS >=50 PS >=80
2010-2011 60-79 >=50 PS >=80

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2021-2022 PS PS
2020-2021 PS PS
2017-2018 PS PS
2015-2016 PS PS PS PS
2012-2013 PS PS PS
2010-2011 PS PS PS

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024 18 -5.6
2022-2023 19 10.5
2021-2022 17 47.1
2020-2021 9 100.0
2019-2020 0 0.0
2018-2019 0 0.0
2017-2018 114 4.4
2016-2017 109 15.6
2015-2016 92 -4.3
2014-2015 96 10.4
2013-2014 86 10.5
2012-2013 77 6.5
2011-2012 72 16.7
2010-2011 60 20.0
2009-2010 48 41.7
2008-2009 28 32.1
2007-2008 19 -10.5
2006-2007 21 -19.0
2005-2006 25 12.0
2004-2005 22 -13.6
2003-2004 25 -8.0
2002-2003 27 -11.1
2001-2002 30 -26.7
2000-2001 38 -5.3
1999-2000 40 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2023-2024
RACE Big Sur Unified School District (%) California K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.0 0.4
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.0 12.1
Black 0.0 4.9
Hispanic 44.4 56.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0 0.4
Two or More Races 0.0 5.8
White 55.6 20.2

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Big Sur Unified School District had 4.47 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 4.03.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 0.00
Kindergarten: 0.50
Elementary: 2.14
Secondary: 1.83
Total: 4.47

Big Sur Unified School District employed 1.00 district administrators and 0.00 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 1.00
District Administrative Support: 0.00
School Administrators: 0.00
School Administrative Support: 1.25
Other staff, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 1.90
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 0.25
Total Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.00
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 0.00
Other Support Services: 3.44

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

The Big Sur Unified School District operates one school. It is listed below.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Pacific Valley (K-12)17KG-12


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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    2. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2021-22 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed October 18, 2025
    3. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
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