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An equity score of 51/100 ranks Diego Valley East Public Charter District #744 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,709 per pupil, Diego Valley East Public Charter District ranks #1025 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Diego Valley East Public Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 411 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 $14,709 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 11.2% local, 80.0% state, and 8.8% 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 51/100, ranked #744 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 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 408:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 80.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.5% White, 41.8% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% African American across the district's schools.
Diego Valley East Public Charter accounts for 99.3% of all Diego Valley East Public Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Diego Valley East Public Charter District a distant remainder — means Diego Valley East Public Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Diego Valley East Public Charter District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 77.6% 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 — including this one — 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.
Diego Valley East Public Charter District student-counselor ratio is 408:1 — 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.
Diego Valley East Public Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 80.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Diego Valley East 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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How many schools are in Diego Valley East Public Charter District?
Diego Valley East Public Charter District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 411 students.
How much does Diego Valley East Public Charter District spend per student?
Diego Valley East Public Charter District spends $14,709 per student. The district has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #744 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Diego Valley East Public Charter District?
Diego Valley East Public Charter District students are 43.5% White, 41.8% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% African American, 2.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Diego Valley East Public Charter District?
Diego Valley East Public Charter District has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #744 out of 1517 districts in California.