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Escalon, California - 7 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Escalon Unified #867 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,237 per pupil, Escalon Unified ranks #1152 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,669
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$14,237
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Escalon Unified operates 7 public schools serving 2,669 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle 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 Joaquin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,237 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 28.0% local, 60.9% state, and 11.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 46/100, ranked #867 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 362.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.5% Hispanic or Latino, 34.2% White, 1.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Dent Elementary, with a diversity index of 56.9/100.
Its largest campus is Escalon High, enrolling 815 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Vista High (Continuation), at 21 students, a 39x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Escalon High accounts for 30.5% of all Escalon Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Escalon Unified-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.
Escalon Unified school enrollment varies 39× across entities
Escalon Unified school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 815 students (highest), a spread of 794 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Escalon Unified student-counselor ratio is 363:1 — 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.
Escalon Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 18.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Escalon Unified is typically wider than the Escalon Unified-aggregate figure suggests.