At $17,034 per pupil, Bridges Preparatory Academy District ranks #994 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$17,034
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bridges Preparatory Academy District operates 1 public schools serving 118 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,034 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.
and 5.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% African American, 0.7% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bridges Preparatory Academy, enrolling 151 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Bridges Preparatory Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Bridges Preparatory Academy District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bridges Preparatory Academy District a distant remainder — means Bridges Preparatory Academy District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Bridges Preparatory Academy District reports 61.9% 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.
Bridges Preparatory Academy District chronic absenteeism rate is 5.3% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Bridges Preparatory Academy District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Bridges Preparatory Academy District?
Bridges Preparatory Academy District has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 118 students.
How much does Bridges Preparatory Academy District spend per student?
Bridges Preparatory Academy District spends $17,034 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bridges Preparatory Academy District?
Bridges Preparatory Academy District students are 88.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% African American, 0.7% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.