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Healdsburg, California - 1 schools
At $24,354 per pupil, Alexander Valley Union Elementary ranks #123 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Alexander Valley Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 112 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Sonoma County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,354 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 82.3% local, 16.6% state, and 1.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 6.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.9% White, 29.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Alexander Valley Elementary, enrolling 111 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Alexander Valley Elementary accounts for 99.1% of all Alexander Valley Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Alexander Valley Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Alexander Valley Union Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Alexander Valley Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 6.3% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Alexander Valley Union Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Alexander Valley Union Elementary?
Alexander Valley Union Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 112 students.
How much does Alexander Valley Union Elementary spend per student?
Alexander Valley Union Elementary spends $24,354 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Alexander Valley Union Elementary?
Alexander Valley Union Elementary students are 64.9% White, 29.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.