An equity score of 61/100 ranks Beardsley Elementary #486 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,168 per pupil, Beardsley Elementary ranks #970 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,941
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,168
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Beardsley Elementary operates 4 public schools serving 1,941 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 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 Kern County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,168 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 23.0% local, 56.9% state, and 20.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #486 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 48.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.7% Hispanic or Latino, 26.2% White, 6.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is North Beardsley Elementary, with a diversity index of 54.5/100.
Its largest campus is North Beardsley Elementary, enrolling 757 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
North Beardsley Elementary accounts for 38.1% of all Beardsley Elementary student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Beardsley Elementary-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Beardsley Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 48.5% — 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.