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Biggs, California - 3 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Biggs Unified #944 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,014 per pupil, Biggs Unified ranks #1203 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
532
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,014
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Biggs Unified operates 3 public schools serving 532 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high 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 Butte County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,014 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.2% local, 50.3% state, and 11.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 43/100, ranked #944 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 240.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 41.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 58.8% White, 37.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Biggs Elementary, with a diversity index of 53.9/100.
Its largest campus is Biggs Elementary, enrolling 320 students (60% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Richvale Elementary, at 53 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Biggs Elementary accounts for 59.9% of all Biggs Unified student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Biggs Unified a distant remainder — means Biggs Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Biggs Unified school enrollment varies 6.0× across entities
Biggs Unified school enrollment ranges from 53 students (lowest) to 320 students (highest), a spread of 267 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.
Biggs Unified student-counselor ratio is 241:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Biggs Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 41.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.