District overview
New Haven Unified School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
How is New Haven Unified funded and governed?
New Haven Unified is funded primarily through California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). The 2026-27 LCAP projects $133.4 million in LCFF revenue within $172.8 million from all sources. Five elected trustees govern the district and appoint the superintendent; the Board Briefs identify the officers and record major budget, policy, facilities, and leadership actions.
Enrollment affects the operating budget
The district serves about 10,000 students across twelve schools. Its March budget update says enrollment returned to a long-term decline after a temporary increase, reducing future LCFF revenue growth.
High-needs enrollment brings targeted funding
The LCAP says $18.36 million of LCFF revenue is generated by foster youth, English learners, and low-income students, and plans $20.93 million toward increased or improved services for those students.
The Board controls districtwide decisions
The elected Board approves budgets, principal appointments, district policies, and Measure M and N facilities work. School-level councils advise on site plans but do not replace the Board's authority.
The district's Board Briefs are official summaries, but they are not a complete substitute for agendas and approved minutes. The current Simbli archive is excluded by binding terms, so this overview does not claim complete meeting coverage.
Where the district stands
The 2026-27 LCAP says the district serves approximately 10,000 students; this is not a precise census-day count.
All sources in the LCAP budget overview.
The LCAP budget overview describes total planned spending.
Context only: $191,219,214 divided by the LCAP's approximate 10,000-student description. It is not a district-published per-pupil figure.
The LCAP attributes the increase to counseling, monitoring, and coordinated support systems.
The LCAP reports improvement while noting persistent attendance barriers for some student groups.
Major projects
James Logan High School modernization
Pre-design completed; design refinement underwayMeasure N is funding a campus redesign centered on a new entrance, library, student services, classroom upgrades, gathering areas, accessibility, safety, circulation, and college-and-career spaces.
- Board receives an early Measure N project update
- Architects present pre-design findings after workshops, walkthroughs, and more than 500 survey responses
- District reports that the Logan design phase is being finalized
Funding
Measure N bond program
The reviewed Board Briefs do not state a final project budget.
2026-27 student-support plan
Adopted LCAP cycleThe LCAP continues counseling, health-center access, telehealth counseling, Care Solace referrals, credit recovery, attendance outreach, class-size reduction, and coordinated school support teams.
- Board receives the required LCAP mid-year update
- Board approves the 2026-27 LCAP
Funding
LCFF base, supplemental, and concentration funding
$62.1 million of planned spending is tied to LCAP actions and services.
This overview is based on nine official Board Briefs covering meetings from September 2025 through May 2026 and the district's adopted 2026-27 LCAP and federal addendum. Derived values are labeled as context.
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