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Cottonwood, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Cottonwood Creek Charter District #1470 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,664 per pupil, Cottonwood Creek Charter District ranks #1827 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
261
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$9,664
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cottonwood Creek Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 261 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 Shasta County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,664 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.1% local, 70.2% state, and 1.7% 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 17/100, ranked #1470 of 1517 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.
. Demographically, the student body averages 85.7% White, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Cottonwood Creek Charter, enrolling 294 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Cottonwood Creek Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Cottonwood Creek Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cottonwood Creek Charter District a distant remainder — means Cottonwood Creek 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.
Comparisons are relative to Cottonwood Creek Charter District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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