At $10,195 per pupil, California Connections Academy Central Coast District ranks #1862 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
California Connections Academy Central Coast District operates 1 public schools serving 118 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Santa Barbara County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,195 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 57.3% local, 41.7% state, and 1.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 552.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, . Demographically, the student body averages 48.6% White, 36.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 21.2% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (118 to 143 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 17.5 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,215,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 70.1% went to instruction, 27.9% to support services, and 0.9% to capital outlay, unusually instruction-forward, with a larger-than-typical share reaching classrooms directly. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
California Connections Academy Central Coast accounts for 89.0% of all California Connections Academy Central Coast District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of California Connections Academy Central Coast District a distant remainder — means California Connections Academy Central Coast District-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. 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.
California Connections Academy Central Coast District student-counselor ratio is 553:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to California Connections Academy Central Coast 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 California Connections Academy Central Coast District?
California Connections Academy Central Coast District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 118 students.
How much does California Connections Academy Central Coast District spend per student?
California Connections Academy Central Coast District spends $10,195 per student.
What is the demographic composition of California Connections Academy Central Coast District?
California Connections Academy Central Coast District students are 48.6% White, 36.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.