At $12,185 per pupil, Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District ranks #1769 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 162 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 Luis Obispo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,185 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 86.1% local, 10.4% state, and 3.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 15.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.4% White, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter, enrolling 163 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District a distant remainder — means Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter 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.
Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 15.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District is typically wider than the Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter 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 Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District?
Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 162 students.
How much does Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District spend per student?
Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District spends $12,185 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District?
Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter District students are 80.4% White, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% Asian, 0.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.