At $28,747 per pupil, Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District ranks #109 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
170
Total Enrollment
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$28,747
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District operates 1 public schools serving 170 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Sacramento County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,747 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 12.7% local, 57.4% state, and 29.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 49.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 67.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.6% African American, 28.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 25.9% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (170 to 214 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $5,435,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 43.8% went to instruction, 41.8% to support services, and 1.8% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Aspire Capitol Heights Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District a distant remainder — means Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District-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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District reports 81.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District student-counselor ratio is 49:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District chronic absenteeism rate is 67.1% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District?
Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 170 students.
How much does Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District spend per student?
Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District spends $28,747 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District?
Aspire Capitol Heights Academy District students are 53.6% African American, 28.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.