An equity score of 77/100 ranks Diego Hills Central Public Charter District #151 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,109 per pupil, Diego Hills Central Public Charter District ranks #373 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Diego Hills Central Public Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 304 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 San Diego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,109 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 5.0% local, 81.9% state, and 13.1% 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 77/100, ranked #151 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.
a 304:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, . Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Diego Hills Central Public Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Diego Hills Central Public Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Diego Hills Central Public Charter District a distant remainder — means Diego Hills Central Public Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Diego Hills Central Public Charter District reports 79.3% 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.
Diego Hills Central Public Charter District student-counselor ratio is 304:1 — 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 Diego Hills Central Public Charter District is typically wider than the Diego Hills Central Public Charter District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Diego Hills Central Public Charter District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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