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Oakland, California - 1 schools
At $17,280 per pupil, Aurum Preparatory Academy District ranks #492 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Aurum Preparatory Academy District operates 1 public schools serving 146 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Alameda County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,280 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 20.8% local, 58.3% state, and 20.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 52.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.3% African American, 46.2% Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Aurum Preparatory Academy, enrolling 93 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Aurum Preparatory Academy accounts for 63.7% of all Aurum Preparatory Academy District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Aurum Preparatory Academy District a distant remainder — means Aurum Preparatory Academy District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Aurum Preparatory Academy District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 78.1% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Aurum Preparatory Academy District chronic absenteeism rate is 52.7% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Aurum Preparatory 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 Aurum Preparatory Academy District?
Aurum Preparatory Academy District has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 146 students.
How much does Aurum Preparatory Academy District spend per student?
Aurum Preparatory Academy District spends $17,280 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Aurum Preparatory Academy District?
Aurum Preparatory Academy District students are 47.3% African American, 46.2% Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% White, 2.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.