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James Earl Carter Elementary

PublicRegularGrades 0–5
Palm Desert, California · Desert Sands Unified
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students517
Student:Teacher22.5:1
Free/Reduced Lunch56%
Title INo
James Earl Carter
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District Per-Pupil Revenue
FY2022
$19,921,080
↑ 12%vs prior yrUS avg $15,633
THIS SCHOOL — Total PPE (ESSA)
2023-24
$22,746
↑ 17%vs prior yrUS avg $15,633
ESSA — Federal Share
2023-24
$3,433
↑ 40%vs prior yr
ESSA — State + Local
2023-24
$19,313
↑ 13%vs prior yr
Student Enrollment
FY2022
26,698
↓ 1.1%vs prior yr
District Federal Share
FY2022
11%
US avg ~8%
District State Share
FY2022
51%
US avg ~47%
Instructional / Pupil (District)
FY2022
$9,499,064
↑ 9.0%vs prior yr

School-level spending — 2023-24 (ESSA)

This school spent $22,746 per student (517 enrolled)— $19,313 from state & local sources, $3,433 from federal. ESSA requires states to publish per-school PPE annually — more precise than district averages.

District spending trend ↓

Per-Pupil Revenue — FY2018–2022

$0$5,000,000$10,000,000$15,000,000$20,000,000$15,854,107$15,671,280$17,722,111$17,722,111$19,921,08020182019202020212022Desert Sands UnifiedUS avg $15,633

District finance from US Census F-33. School-level PPE from state ESSA filings.