An equity score of 62/100 ranks Crete Academy District #473 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,885 per pupil, Crete Academy District ranks #660 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Crete Academy District operates 1 public schools serving 330 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,885 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.8% local, 54.7% state, and 22.5% 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 #473 of 1526 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.
and 6.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.4% African American, 31.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Crete Academy, enrolling 284 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Crete Academy accounts for 86.1% of all Crete Academy District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Crete Academy District a distant remainder — means Crete Academy District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Crete Academy District reports 87.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Crete Academy District chronic absenteeism rate is 6.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.