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At $14,317 per pupil, Butteville Union Elementary ranks #1133 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
166
Total Enrollment
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$14,317
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Butteville Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 166 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 $14,317 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.2% local, 59.0% state, and 8.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 56.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.7% White, 19.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Butteville Elementary, enrolling 162 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Butteville Elementary accounts for 97.6% of all Butteville Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Butteville Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Butteville Union Elementary-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.
Butteville Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 56.8% — 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.
How many schools are in Butteville Union Elementary?
Butteville Union Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 166 students.
How much does Butteville Union Elementary spend per student?
Butteville Union Elementary spends $14,317 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Butteville Union Elementary?
Butteville Union Elementary students are 74.7% White, 19.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.