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San Diego, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks E3 Civic High District #709 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,671 per pupil, E3 Civic High District ranks #1035 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
E3 Civic High District operates 1 public schools serving 398 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 San Diego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,671 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 49.3% local, 31.1% state, and 19.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #709 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 (11 AP courses district-wide), a 180:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 43.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% White, 1.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is E3 Civic High, enrolling 360 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
E3 Civic High accounts for 90.5% of all E3 Civic High District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of E3 Civic High District a distant remainder — means E3 Civic High 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.
E3 Civic High District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.6% 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 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.
E3 Civic High District student-counselor ratio is 180:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
E3 Civic High District chronic absenteeism rate is 43.6% — 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.
E3 Civic High District has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 398 students.
How much does E3 Civic High District spend per student?
E3 Civic High District spends $14,671 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #709 in California.
What is the demographic composition of E3 Civic High District?
E3 Civic High District students are 91.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% White, 1.7% African American, 1.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for E3 Civic High District?
E3 Civic High District has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #709 out of 1517 districts in California.