At $24,007 per pupil, Aurum Preparatory Academy District ranks #199 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$24,007
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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 $24,007 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 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).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 16.4% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (146 to 122 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 3.5 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,575,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 55.8% went to instruction, 38.4% to support services, and 1.7% 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.
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 largest entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Aurum Preparatory Academy District reports 78.1% 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.
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 $24,007 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.