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Brawley, California - 5 schools
An equity score of 70/100 ranks Brawley Elementary #264 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,299 per pupil, Brawley Elementary ranks #901 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,868
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$15,299
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brawley Elementary operates 5 public schools serving 3,868 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 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 Imperial County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,299 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 9.3% local, 77.4% state, and 13.2% 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 70/100, ranked #264 of 1517 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.
a 640.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 59.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% White, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Myron D. Witter Elementary, with a diversity index of 15.6/100.
Its largest campus is Barbara Worth Junior High, enrolling 881 students (26% of the district's total enrollment).
Barbara Worth Junior High accounts for 22.8% of all Brawley Elementary student enrollment
That concentration means Brawley Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Brawley Elementary school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Brawley Elementary school enrollment ranges from 437 students (lowest) to 881 students (highest), a spread of 444 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.
Brawley Elementary has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 77.7% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Brawley Elementary student-counselor ratio is 640:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Brawley Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 59.8% — 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.