At $20,220 per pupil, City Heights Preparatory Charter District ranks #464 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
141
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$20,220
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
City Heights Preparatory Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 141 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 San Diego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,220 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 46.2% local, 37.6% state, and 16.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 160:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 31.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.5% Hispanic or Latino, 27.5% African American, 19.4% White across the district's schools.
City Heights Preparatory Charter accounts for 100.0% of all City Heights Preparatory Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of City Heights Preparatory Charter District a distant remainder — means City Heights Preparatory Charter 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.
City Heights Preparatory Charter District reports 92.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
City Heights Preparatory Charter District student-counselor ratio is 160:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
City Heights Preparatory Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 31.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to City Heights Preparatory Charter 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 City Heights Preparatory Charter District?
City Heights Preparatory Charter District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 141 students.
How much does City Heights Preparatory Charter District spend per student?
City Heights Preparatory Charter District spends $20,220 per student.
What is the demographic composition of City Heights Preparatory Charter District?
City Heights Preparatory Charter District students are 42.5% Hispanic or Latino, 27.5% African American, 19.4% White, 6.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.