At $17,244 per pupil, Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District ranks #953 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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$17,244
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
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 $17,244 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 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.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (168 to 168 students, +0%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,098,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 50.2% went to instruction, 37.3% to support services, and 1.6% 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.
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 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.
Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District reports 81.0% 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.
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 $17,244 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.