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Turlock, California - 2 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Chatom Union #943 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,995 per pupil, Chatom Union ranks #973 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
565
Total Enrollment
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$14,995
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chatom Union operates 2 public schools serving 565 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Stanislaus County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,995 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.1% local, 44.4% state, and 8.5% 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 43/100, ranked #943 of 1517 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.
a 1037.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.2% Hispanic or Latino, 28.8% White, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Chatom Elementary, enrolling 391 students (70% of the district's total enrollment).
Chatom Elementary accounts for 69.2% of all Chatom Union student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Chatom Union a distant remainder — means Chatom Union-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Chatom Union has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 62.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Chatom Union student-counselor ratio is 1038:1 — 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.
Chatom Union chronic absenteeism rate is 25.9% — 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 Chatom Union is typically wider than the Chatom Union-aggregate figure suggests.
Chatom Union has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 565 students.
How much does Chatom Union spend per student?
Chatom Union spends $14,995 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #943 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Chatom Union?
Chatom Union students are 68.2% Hispanic or Latino, 28.8% White, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Chatom Union?
Chatom Union has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #943 out of 1517 districts in California.