An equity score of 46/100 ranks Center Joint Unified #864 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,517 per pupil, Center Joint Unified ranks #1098 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,199
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$16,517
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Center Joint Unified operates 7 public schools serving 4,199 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 high, 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 Sacramento County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,517 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 32.2% local, 53.6% state, and 14.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 46/100, ranked #864 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 396.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 33.6% Hispanic or Latino, 31.9% White, 13.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wilson C. Riles Middle, with a diversity index of 76.6/100.
Its largest campus is Center High, enrolling 1,312 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mcclellan High (Continuation), at 56 students, a 23x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Center High accounts for 31.2% of all Center Joint Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Center Joint Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Center Joint Unified school enrollment varies 23× across entities
Center Joint Unified school enrollment ranges from 56 students (lowest) to 1,312 students (highest), a spread of 1,256 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.
Center Joint Unified reports 53.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Center Joint Unified student-counselor ratio is 397:1 — 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.
Center Joint Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 45.3% — 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.
Center Joint Unified has 7 schools, including 2 high, 4 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 4,199 students.
How much does Center Joint Unified spend per student?
Center Joint Unified spends $16,517 per student. The district has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #864 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Center Joint Unified?
Center Joint Unified students are 33.6% Hispanic or Latino, 31.9% White, 13.0% African American, 12.8% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Center Joint Unified?
Center Joint Unified has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #864 out of 1526 districts in California.