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Brawley, California - 3 schools
An equity score of 65/100 ranks Brawley Union High #383 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,967 per pupil, Brawley Union High ranks #731 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,055
Total Enrollment
3
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$15,967
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brawley Union High operates 3 public schools serving 2,055 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Imperial County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,967 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 16.6% local, 68.1% state, and 15.2% 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 65/100, ranked #383 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 150:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Brawley Union High, with a diversity index of 12.4/100.
Its largest campus is Brawley Union High, enrolling 1,863 students (91% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Renaissance, at 22 students, a 85x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Brawley Union High accounts for 90.7% of all Brawley Union High student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Brawley Union High a distant remainder — means Brawley Union High-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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 Union High school enrollment varies 85× across entities
Brawley Union High school enrollment ranges from 22 students (lowest) to 1,863 students (highest), a spread of 1,841 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Brawley Union High has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 76.3% 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 Union High student-counselor ratio is 150:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Brawley Union High chronic absenteeism rate is 23.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Brawley Union High is typically wider than the Brawley Union High-aggregate figure suggests.
Brawley Union High has 3 schools, including 3 high. Total enrollment is 2,055 students.
How much does Brawley Union High spend per student?
Brawley Union High spends $15,967 per student. The district has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #383 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Brawley Union High?
Brawley Union High students are 97.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White, 0.5% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Brawley Union High?
Brawley Union High has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #383 out of 1517 districts in California.