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Oakland, California - 1 schools
At $18,396 per pupil, Community School for Creative Education District ranks #360 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$18,396
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Community School for Creative Education District operates 1 public schools serving 183 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 Alameda County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,396 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.4% local, 56.3% state, and 17.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 183:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 73.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% African American, 5.5% Asian across the district's schools.
Community School for Creative Education accounts for 100.0% of all Community School for Creative Education District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Community School for Creative Education District a distant remainder — means Community School for Creative Education District-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.
Community School for Creative Education District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 73.8% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Community School for Creative Education District student-counselor ratio is 183:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Community School for Creative Education District chronic absenteeism rate is 73.8% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Community School for Creative Education 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 Community School for Creative Education District?
Community School for Creative Education District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 183 students.
How much does Community School for Creative Education District spend per student?
Community School for Creative Education District spends $18,396 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Community School for Creative Education District?
Community School for Creative Education District students are 66.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% African American, 5.5% Asian, 3.8% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.