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Alhambra, California - 17 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks Alhambra Unified #488 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,930 per pupil, Alhambra Unified ranks #546 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
14,922
Total Enrollment
17
Schools
$16,930
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Alhambra Unified operates 17 public schools serving 14,922 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 13 elementary, 4 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,930 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.5% local, 63.4% state, and 14.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 60/100, ranked #488 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 17 schools offering Advanced Placement (69 AP courses district-wide), a 454.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.0% Hispanic or Latino, 45.9% Asian, 2.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Garfield Elementary, with a diversity index of 58.4/100.
Its largest campus is Mark Keppel High, enrolling 2,201 students (15% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Independence High (Alternative), at 88 students, a 25x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Alhambra Unified school enrollment varies 25× across entities
Alhambra Unified school enrollment ranges from 88 students (lowest) to 2,201 students (highest), a spread of 2,113 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Alhambra Unified student-counselor ratio is 454:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Alhambra Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 19.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Alhambra Unified is typically wider than the Alhambra Unified-aggregate figure suggests.