An equity score of 72/100 ranks Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified #250 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,780 per pupil, Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified ranks #136 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
277
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$26,780
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified operates 3 public schools serving 277 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 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 Tuolumne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,780 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 72.4% local, 20.1% state, and 7.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 72/100, ranked #250 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), and 73.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.8% White, 17.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Don Pedro High, with a diversity index of 57.2/100.
Its largest campus is Tenaya Elementary, enrolling 188 students (70% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Don Pedro High, at 31 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tenaya Elementary accounts for 67.9% of all Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified a distant remainder — means Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified-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.
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified school enrollment varies 6.1× across entities
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified school enrollment ranges from 31 students (lowest) to 188 students (highest), a spread of 157 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 73.5% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified'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 Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified?
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified has 3 schools, including 1 elementary, 2 high. Total enrollment is 277 students.
How much does Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified spend per student?
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified spends $26,780 per student. The district has an equity score of 72/100, ranking #250 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified?
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified students are 69.8% White, 17.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% Asian, 2.6% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified?
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified has an equity score of 72/100, ranking #250 out of 1526 districts in California.