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Corning, California - 6 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Corning Union Elementary #449 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,475 per pupil, Corning Union Elementary ranks #1096 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,990
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$14,475
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Corning Union Elementary operates 6 public schools serving 1,990 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 Tehama County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,475 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 15.9% local, 69.9% state, and 14.2% 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 62/100, ranked #449 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 346.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 58.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.5% Hispanic or Latino, 24.2% White, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rancho Tehama Elementary, with a diversity index of 49.0/100.
Its largest campus is Olive View Elementary, enrolling 549 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Columbia Academy, at 8 students, a 69x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Olive View Elementary accounts for 27.6% of all Corning Union Elementary student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Corning Union Elementary-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.
Corning Union Elementary school enrollment varies 69× across entities
Corning Union Elementary school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 549 students (highest), a spread of 541 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Corning Union Elementary has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 80.3% 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 — including this one — 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.
Corning Union Elementary student-counselor ratio is 346:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Corning Union Elementary is typically wider than the Corning Union Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.
Corning Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 58.2% — 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.
Corning Union Elementary has 6 schools, including 5 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,990 students.
How much does Corning Union Elementary spend per student?
Corning Union Elementary spends $14,475 per student. The district has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #449 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Corning Union Elementary?
Corning Union Elementary students are 72.5% Hispanic or Latino, 24.2% White, 0.7% Asian, 0.1% African American, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Corning Union Elementary?
Corning Union Elementary has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #449 out of 1517 districts in California.