An equity score of 69/100 ranks Borrego Springs Unified #304 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $24,087 per pupil, Borrego Springs Unified ranks #196 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
358
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$24,087
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Borrego Springs Unified operates 3 public schools serving 358 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 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 San Diego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,087 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.0% local, 51.9% state, and 10.1% 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 69/100, ranked #304 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 (3 AP courses district-wide), a 463.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% White, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Borrego Springs Elementary, with a diversity index of 29.8/100.
Its largest campus is Borrego Springs Elementary, enrolling 153 students (44% of the district's total enrollment).
Borrego Springs Elementary accounts for 42.7% of all Borrego Springs Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Borrego Springs 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. 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 at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Borrego Springs Unified student-counselor ratio is 464:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Borrego Springs Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 50.4% — 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.