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Anaheim, California - 24 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Anaheim Elementary #443 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,616 per pupil, Anaheim Elementary ranks #331 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
14,618
Total Enrollment
24
Schools
$18,616
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Anaheim Elementary operates 24 public schools serving 14,618 students, placing it in the mid-size range in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 24 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,616 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 40.1% local, 47.6% state, and 12.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 62/100, ranked #443 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.
a 587.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 41.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.3% Hispanic or Latino, 6.4% Asian, 3.8% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary, with a diversity index of 49.1/100.
Its largest campus is Ponderosa Elementary, enrolling 785 students (6% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Anaheim Elementary Online Academy, at 202 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Anaheim Elementary school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities
Anaheim Elementary school enrollment ranges from 202 students (lowest) to 785 students (highest), a spread of 583 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Anaheim Elementary has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 67.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Anaheim Elementary student-counselor ratio is 588:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Anaheim Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 41.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.