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Cypress, California - 6 schools
An equity score of 27/100 ranks Cypress Elementary #1305 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,303 per pupil, Cypress Elementary ranks #1138 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,389
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$14,303
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cypress Elementary operates 6 public schools serving 3,389 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,303 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 57.8% local, 33.7% state, and 8.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 27/100, ranked #1305 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.
and 16.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 39.0% Asian, 32.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.7% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Frank Vessels Elementary, with a diversity index of 72.9/100.
Its largest campus is Margaret Landell Elementary, enrolling 662 students (20% of the district's total enrollment).
Margaret Landell Elementary accounts for 19.5% of all Cypress Elementary student enrollment
That concentration means Cypress 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.
Cypress Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 16.8% — 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 Cypress Elementary is typically wider than the Cypress Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.