An equity score of 41/100 ranks Cardiff Elementary #970 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,879 per pupil, Cardiff Elementary ranks #489 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Cardiff Elementary operates 2 public schools serving 642 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 San Diego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,879 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 82.0% local, 12.5% state, and 5.5% 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 41/100, ranked #970 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.
and 17.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.5% White, 14.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ada W. Harris Elementary, enrolling 382 students (60% of the district's total enrollment).
Ada W. Harris Elementary accounts for 59.5% of all Cardiff Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cardiff Elementary a distant remainder — means Cardiff Elementary-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.
Cardiff Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 17.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Cardiff Elementary is typically wider than the Cardiff Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.