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Sylmar, California - 1 schools
At $17,698 per pupil, Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District ranks #426 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
191
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$17,698
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District operates 1 public schools serving 191 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $17,698 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 25.3% local, 67.5% state, and 7.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 104:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 50.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools.
Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 accounts for 100.0% of all Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District a distant remainder — means Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District-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.
Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 51.8% 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 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.
Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District student-counselor ratio is 104:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District chronic absenteeism rate is 50.0% — 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 Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 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 Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District?
Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 191 students.
How much does Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District spend per student?
Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District spends $17,698 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District?
Discovery Charter Preparatory #2 District students are 98.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.