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Orosi, California - 8 schools
An equity score of 83/100 ranks Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified #55 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,882 per pupil, Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified ranks #551 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,892
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$16,882
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified operates 8 public schools serving 3,892 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high, 2 combined, 1 middle 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 Tulare County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,882 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 8.4% local, 70.9% state, and 20.7% 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 83/100, ranked #55 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 299.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 37.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Asian, 1.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Golden Valley Elementary, with a diversity index of 11.9/100.
Its largest campus is Orosi High, enrolling 1,108 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Cutler-Orosi Community Day, at 7 students, a 158x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Orosi High accounts for 28.5% of all Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified school enrollment varies 158× across entities
Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 1,108 students (highest), a spread of 1,101 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.
Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 88.2% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified student-counselor ratio is 299:1 — 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 Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified is typically wider than the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 37.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.