District overview
Anderson Valley Unified School District
How Anderson Valley Unified is funded, governed, and spending its two voter-approved facilities bonds
How is the district funded?
Like most California districts, Anderson Valley Unified is funded mainly through the state's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which sets a base amount per student and adds extra 'supplemental and concentration' money for districts with many low-income students, English learners, and foster youth. For 2025-26 the district projects $8.31 million in total revenue: $6.15 million from LCFF, $1.32 million in other state funds, $465,000 in federal funds, and $373,000 in local funds. Because 83% of AVUSD's roughly 392 students are socioeconomically disadvantaged and 37% are English learners, a large share of the LCFF total ($1.38 million) is the formula's extra 'high-needs' funding, which the district must show specific plans for spending. Separately, day-to-day operating money is not the same pot as construction money: AVUSD's school buildings are being modernized using two voter-approved general obligation bonds, Measure A (2010) and Measure M (2022), which are repaid through a dedicated property tax and cannot legally be spent on salaries or other operating costs.
LCFF is the base
$6.15 million of the district's $8.31 million projected 2025-26 revenue comes from the Local Control Funding Formula.
High-needs funding is substantial
$1.38 million in LCFF 'supplemental and concentration' funding reflects that 83% of students are low-income, 37% are English learners, and 14% have disabilities.
Bonds pay for buildings, not staff
Measure A (2010, $15.25M authorized) and Measure M (2022, $13M authorized) are repaid through a separate property tax and legally restricted to facilities construction and modernization.
Small-district scale
With about 392 students across two schools, AVUSD's total budget and per-pupil figures are shaped by California's small-school funding provisions as much as by ordinary enrollment-driven formulas.
A relatively high share of formula funding tied to student need does not by itself mean the district is underperforming; it reflects the demographics AVUSD serves, and the same formula is designed to direct more resources toward exactly this kind of high-needs, rural, small district.
Where the district stands
Calculated by dividing total projected 2025-26 revenue ($8,311,546) by CDE's reported enrollment (377); not a figure the district itself publishes.
BoardDocs, the district's meeting-agenda platform, blocks automated access to every meeting page except a bare title/date feed; no agenda, minutes, or packet content could be collected. See Method and Limitations.
Major projects
Anderson Valley Jr/Sr High modernization
Substantially complete; Notices of Completion under board considerationA roughly $5 million project covering new science classrooms, library and restroom work, and temporary modular classrooms during construction. The district's own bond audits flag that contract change orders on this project exceeded the legal 10% threshold for authorizing changes without competitive rebidding in two consecutive audited years.
- Measure M Series A bonds issued ($7,000,000)
- DSA construction permit issued
- Original construction schedule target completion
- Notices of Completion considered by Bond Oversight Committee
Funding
Measure M (2022) and remaining Measure A (2010) bond proceeds, plus ESSER, developer fees, and facilities funds
Jr/Sr High all-weather track and field
Stalled/under review as of the last available update (January 2025); current status not established by the public record reviewed for this pageConstruction bids came in about $2 million over the roughly $4.7 million CalTrans grant budget, and the January 2025 bond committee record notes it was 'questionable' whether the project could proceed as designed. No document collected in this pass reports how, or whether, that gap was resolved.
- Design phase begins
- Construction bids received, about $2 million over budget
- Bond Oversight Committee told project viability is in question
Funding
CalTrans Clean California grant (not bond funds)
Remaining Measure M bond issuance
Under consideration, not yet approvedThe district's financial advisor presented options for issuing the $6,000,000 remaining of Measure M's $13,000,000 authorization, which would likely require Capital Appreciation Bonds to fit within the tax rate voters approved, a financing structure that costs more in total repayment than conventional bonds.
- Financial advisor presents bond issuance options to oversight committee
Funding
Measure M (2022) general obligation bond, $6,000,000 remaining of $13,000,000 authorized
Built from the district's own posted document library (Reports/Notices/LCAP and Measure A/M Bond Oversight pages) plus the California Department of Education's district profile. The district's official website and its BoardDocs meeting-agenda platform block ordinary automated requests; the reports/documents pages were rendered through an approved, bounded browser step, then their linked documents were collected directly from the district's open document CDN.
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