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Covina, California - 17 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Covina-Valley Unified #811 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,106 per pupil, Covina-Valley Unified ranks #947 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,130
Total Enrollment
17
Schools
$15,106
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Covina-Valley Unified operates 17 public schools serving 11,130 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 elementary, 4 high, 3 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,106 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 26.0% local, 61.7% state, and 12.3% 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 48/100, ranked #811 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 17 schools offering Advanced Placement (46 AP courses district-wide), a 431.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 5.1% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mesa Elementary, with a diversity index of 59.8/100.
Its largest campus is South Hills High, enrolling 1,568 students (14% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Covina-Valley Learning Options Academy, at 57 students, a 28x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Covina-Valley Unified school enrollment varies 28× across entities
Covina-Valley Unified school enrollment ranges from 57 students (lowest) to 1,568 students (highest), a spread of 1,511 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Covina-Valley Unified has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.5% 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.
Covina-Valley Unified student-counselor ratio is 432:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Covina-Valley Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 24.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Covina-Valley Unified is typically wider than the Covina-Valley Unified-aggregate figure suggests.