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San Bernardino, California - 1 schools
At $15,569 per pupil, Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District ranks #841 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District operates 1 public schools serving 168 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 San Bernardino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,569 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 3.6% local, 68.8% state, and 27.6% 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 55.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.4% Hispanic or Latino, 8.6% African American, 1.3% White across the district's schools.
Ballington Acad for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino accounts for 90.5% of all Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District a distant remainder — means Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 81.0% 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.
Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District chronic absenteeism rate is 55.9% — 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 Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino 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 Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District?
Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 168 students.
How much does Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District spend per student?
Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District spends $15,569 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District?
Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District students are 83.4% Hispanic or Latino, 8.6% African American, 1.3% White, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.