District overview
Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
How does enrollment shape Alum Rock's funding and decisions?
California's Local Control Funding Formula is Alum Rock's main revenue source. It provides a base amount tied largely to average daily attendance plus supplemental and concentration money for foster youth, English learners, and low-income students. The elected five-member Board of Trustees adopts the budget, LCAP, contracts, and facilities plans; district and school advisory groups recommend priorities but do not replace the board's authority.
LCFF supplies most operating revenue
The 2026–27 plan projects $109.2 million in LCFF revenue out of $150.3 million in total General Fund revenue.
High-needs enrollment brings targeted funding
The LCAP identifies $27.2 million in supplemental and concentration grants generated by foster youth, English learners, and low-income students.
Attendance drives the formula
The adopted budget uses 6,450.21 funded ADA for 2026–27 and projects ADA falling in each of the following two years.
Representation is changing
The board approved a five-area election map in May 2026 and ordered the November 3, 2026 election as part of the move from at-large to single-member trustee areas.
The adopted budget shows a positive ending balance through 2028–29, but expenditures exceed revenue in every forecast year; that makes enrollment, staffing, and one-time spending assumptions important to each interim update.
Where the district stands
Adopted budget, all unrestricted and restricted General Fund revenue.
Adopted budget; exceeds projected revenue by about $3.7 million before transfers.
This is formula funding per funded average daily attendance, not total spending per enrolled student.
The budget projects 6,079.56 in 2027–28 and 5,785.89 in 2028–29.
Major projects
Measure I and Measure S facilities program
Multiple campus projects in design and constructionThe bond program covers playground, HVAC, lighting, roofing, fencing, parking, solar, classroom, and other campus work. The April update showed completed painting and concrete work alongside projects still in design, state review, bidding, or board-approval stages.
- Board received a bond construction status presentation
- Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee and facilities updates returned to the board
Funding
Voter-approved Measure I and Measure S school bonds
The April presentation did not provide a complete program or project-by-project cost table.
Transition to by-trustee area elections
Five-area plan headed to the November 2026 electionAlum Rock is changing from districtwide at-large trustee elections to five single-member areas. The district held public map hearings, selected a map and election sequence, and ordered the election.
- Board declared its intent to move to trustee-area elections
- Board proposed the final five-area map and election sequence
- Board ordered the November 3, 2026 election
Funding
District governance, legal, outreach, and election administration budget
The reviewed materials do not isolate a total transition cost.
Recent news
The overview uses the district's adopted 2026–27 budget and LCAP, current Board of Trustees pages, and dated facilities and governance records. Financial figures are districtwide General Fund or LCFF measures unless noted.
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