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Dorris, California - 2 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks Butte Valley Unified #417 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,858 per pupil, Butte Valley Unified ranks #301 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$18,858
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Butte Valley Unified operates 2 public schools serving 279 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Siskiyou County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,858 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 26.6% local, 59.3% state, and 14.1% 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 64/100, ranked #417 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.
and 41.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.9% Hispanic or Latino, 33.9% White, 4.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Butte Valley Elementary, enrolling 219 students (70% of the district's total enrollment).
Butte Valley Elementary accounts for 70.0% of all Butte Valley Unified student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Butte Valley Unified a distant remainder — means Butte Valley 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.
Butte Valley Unified has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 67.8% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Butte Valley Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 41.8% — 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.