An equity score of 26/100 ranks Cambrian #1336 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,205 per pupil, Cambrian ranks #1149 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,919
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$16,205
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cambrian operates 6 public schools serving 2,919 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 middle 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 Clara County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,205 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 48.9% local, 46.3% state, and 4.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 26/100, ranked #1336 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.
a 485.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 30.0% Hispanic or Latino, 29.4% White, 25.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Farnham Charter, with a diversity index of 74.9/100.
Its largest campus is Price Charter Middle, enrolling 959 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sartorette Charter, at 278 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Price Charter Middle accounts for 30.8% of all Cambrian student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Cambrian-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Cambrian school enrollment varies 3.4× across entities
Cambrian school enrollment ranges from 278 students (lowest) to 959 students (highest), a spread of 681 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Cambrian student-counselor ratio is 485:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Cambrian chronic absenteeism rate is 12.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.