An equity score of 31/100 ranks Clay Joint Elementary #1232 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,979 per pupil, Clay Joint Elementary ranks #1694 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
241
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$12,979
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Clay Joint Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 241 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Fresno County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,979 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 7.5% local, 87.9% state, and 4.6% 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 31/100, ranked #1232 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 3.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.2% White, 32.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Clay Elementary, enrolling 246 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Clay Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Clay Joint Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Clay Joint Elementary a distant remainder — means Clay Joint 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.
Clay Joint Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 3.3% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.