An equity score of 61/100 ranks Arcata Elementary #491 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,873 per pupil, Arcata Elementary ranks #843 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
482
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$17,873
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Arcata Elementary operates 2 public schools serving 482 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Humboldt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,873 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 31.5% local, 52.2% state, and 16.3% 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 61/100, ranked #491 of 1526 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.
and 42.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.8% White, 23.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Arcata Elementary, enrolling 240 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
Arcata Elementary accounts for 49.8% of all Arcata Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Arcata Elementary a distant remainder — means Arcata Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Arcata Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 42.5% — 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.