At $16,745 per pupil, Big Springs Union Elementary ranks #1051 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
153
Total Enrollment
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$16,745
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Big Springs Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 153 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 Siskiyou County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,745 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 32.6% local, 54.0% state, and 13.5% 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 47.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.4% White, 28.5% Asian, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Big Springs Elementary, enrolling 151 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 21.6% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (153 to 120 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 4.1 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,792,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 36.4% went to instruction, 25% to support services, and 32% to capital outlay, a capital-heavy year, consistent with active construction, renovation, or major equipment purchases. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Big Springs Elementary accounts for 98.7% of all Big Springs Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Big Springs Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Big Springs Union 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. 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 Springs Union Elementary reports 61.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Big Springs Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 47.7% — 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.
How many schools are in Big Springs Union Elementary?
Big Springs Union Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 153 students.
How much does Big Springs Union Elementary spend per student?
Big Springs Union Elementary spends $16,745 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Big Springs Union Elementary?
Big Springs Union Elementary students are 44.4% White, 28.5% Asian, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.