An equity score of 36/100 ranks Escalon Unified #1099 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,561 per pupil, Escalon Unified ranks #1625 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,669
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,561
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 $13,561 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 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 36/100, ranked #1099 of 1526 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.
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.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 2% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (2,669 to 2,723 students), while the student-teacher ratio tightened by 0.7 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $44,399,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 59.9% went to instruction, 28.8% to support services, and 6.6% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
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 largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
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.