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Roseville, California - 10 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks Dry Creek Joint Elementary #1418 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,615 per pupil, Dry Creek Joint Elementary ranks #1632 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,474
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$11,615
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dry Creek Joint Elementary operates 10 public schools serving 6,474 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 elementary, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Placer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,615 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 40.2% local, 53.1% state, and 6.7% 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 21/100, ranked #1418 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.
a 414.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.0% White, 23.4% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Barrett Ranch Elementary, with a diversity index of 75.1/100.
Its largest campus is Antelope Crossing Middle, enrolling 1,051 students (15% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Dry Creek Connections Academy, at 119 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Antelope Crossing Middle accounts for 15.2% of all Dry Creek Joint Elementary student enrollment
That concentration means Dry Creek Joint Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Dry Creek Joint Elementary school enrollment varies 8.8× across entities
Dry Creek Joint Elementary school enrollment ranges from 119 students (lowest) to 1,051 students (highest), a spread of 932 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Dry Creek Joint Elementary student-counselor ratio is 415:1 — 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.
Dry Creek Joint Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 33.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.