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Redwood City, California - 1 schools
At $17,438 per pupil, Connect Community Charter District ranks #471 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
148
Total Enrollment
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$17,438
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Connect Community Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 148 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 San Mateo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,438 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 52.0% local, 25.5% state, and 22.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 43.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% White, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Connect Community Charter, enrolling 143 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Connect Community Charter accounts for 96.6% of all Connect Community Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Connect Community Charter District a distant remainder — means Connect Community Charter 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.
Connect Community Charter District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 60.1% 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.
Connect Community Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 43.4% — 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 Connect Community 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 Connect Community Charter District?
Connect Community Charter District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 148 students.
How much does Connect Community Charter District spend per student?
Connect Community Charter District spends $17,438 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Connect Community Charter District?
Connect Community Charter District students are 95.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% White, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.