An equity score of 61/100 ranks Butte Valley Unified #499 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,401 per pupil, Butte Valley Unified ranks #441 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
279
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$20,401
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
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 $20,401 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 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 61/100, ranked #499 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.
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 largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Butte Valley Unified reports 71.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
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.