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Douglas City, California - 1 schools
At $15,932 per pupil, Douglas City Elementary ranks #739 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$15,932
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Douglas City Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 162 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Trinity County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,932 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 18.0% local, 67.2% state, and 14.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 6.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.3% White, 9.9% Asian, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Douglas City Elementary, enrolling 162 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Douglas City Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Douglas City Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Douglas City Elementary a distant remainder — means Douglas City 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.
Douglas City Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 6.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Douglas City Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 162 students.
How much does Douglas City Elementary spend per student?
Douglas City Elementary spends $15,932 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Douglas City Elementary?
Douglas City Elementary students are 67.3% White, 9.9% Asian, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.