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Dunsmuir, California - 1 schools
At $37,705 per pupil, Dunsmuir Joint Union High ranks #32 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Dunsmuir Joint Union High operates 1 public schools serving 66 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 Siskiyou County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $37,705 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.2% local, 48.6% state, and 26.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 63.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.5% White, 23.0% Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Dunsmuir High, enrolling 61 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Dunsmuir High accounts for 92.4% of all Dunsmuir Joint Union High student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Dunsmuir Joint Union High a distant remainder — means Dunsmuir Joint Union High-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.
Dunsmuir Joint Union High has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 66.7% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Dunsmuir Joint Union High chronic absenteeism rate is 63.9% — 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.
How many schools are in Dunsmuir Joint Union High?
Dunsmuir Joint Union High has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 66 students.
How much does Dunsmuir Joint Union High spend per student?
Dunsmuir Joint Union High spends $37,705 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Dunsmuir Joint Union High?
Dunsmuir Joint Union High students are 47.5% White, 23.0% Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% Asian, 3.3% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.