An equity score of 26/100 ranks Calaveras Unified #1337 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,211 per pupil, Calaveras Unified ranks #1335 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,900
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$15,211
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Calaveras Unified operates 9 public schools serving 2,900 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 2 combined, 1 middle, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Calaveras County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,211 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. The funding mix is 58.9% local, 25.2% state, and 15.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 26/100, ranked #1337 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 184.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 52.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.9% White, 24.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is West Point Elementary, with a diversity index of 56.9/100.
Its largest campus is Calaveras High, enrolling 703 students (25% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Gold Strike High, at 34 students, a 21x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Calaveras High accounts for 24.2% of all Calaveras Unified student enrollment
That concentration means Calaveras Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Calaveras Unified school enrollment varies 21× across entities
Calaveras Unified school enrollment ranges from 34 students (lowest) to 703 students (highest), a spread of 669 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Calaveras Unified student-counselor ratio is 184:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Calaveras Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 52.1% — 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.