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Red Bluff, California - 4 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Antelope Elementary #819 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,529 per pupil, Antelope Elementary ranks #1511 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$12,529
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Antelope Elementary operates 4 public schools serving 812 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 middle 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 Tehama County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,529 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 18.7% local, 70.5% state, and 10.8% 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 48/100, ranked #819 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 34.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.5% White, 19.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Antelope Elementary, with a diversity index of 53.5/100.
Its largest campus is Antelope Elementary, enrolling 442 students (56% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Plum Valley Elementary, at 20 students, a 22x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Antelope Elementary accounts for 54.4% of all Antelope Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Antelope Elementary a distant remainder — means Antelope 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.
Antelope Elementary school enrollment varies 22× across entities
Antelope Elementary school enrollment ranges from 20 students (lowest) to 442 students (highest), a spread of 422 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.
Antelope Elementary has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.5% 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.
Antelope Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 34.1% — 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.