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Antioch, California - 25 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Antioch Unified #652 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,485 per pupil, Antioch Unified ranks #862 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
15,192
Total Enrollment
25
Schools
$15,485
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Antioch Unified operates 25 public schools serving 15,192 students, placing it in the mid-size range in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 15 elementary, 5 high, 4 middle, 1 combined 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 Contra Costa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,485 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 28.6% local, 60.0% state, and 11.4% 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 54/100, ranked #652 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 25 schools offering Advanced Placement (31 AP courses district-wide), a 464.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 47.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.6% Hispanic or Latino, 23.0% African American, 9.7% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Thomas Gaines Virtual Academy, with a diversity index of 75.9/100.
Its largest campus is Deer Valley High, enrolling 1,812 students (12% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Live Oak High (Continuation), at 130 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Antioch Unified school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Antioch Unified school enrollment ranges from 130 students (lowest) to 1,812 students (highest), a spread of 1,682 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Antioch Unified has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 64.9% 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.
Antioch Unified student-counselor ratio is 465:1 — 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.
Antioch Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 47.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.