An equity score of 54/100 ranks Esparto Unified #653 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,041 per pupil, Esparto Unified ranks #810 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$18,041
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Esparto Unified operates 4 public schools serving 954 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 elementary, 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 Yolo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,041 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.5% local, 62.8% state, and 11.7% 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 54/100, ranked #653 of 1526 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 287:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 35.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% White, 1.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Esparto Middle, with a diversity index of 41.5/100.
Its largest campus is Esparto Elementary, enrolling 454 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Madison Community High, at 10 students, a 45x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Esparto Elementary accounts for 45.8% of all Esparto Unified student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Esparto Unified a distant remainder — means Esparto Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Esparto Unified school enrollment varies 45× across entities
Esparto Unified school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 454 students (highest), a spread of 444 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.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Esparto Unified student-counselor ratio is 287:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Esparto Unified is typically wider than the Esparto Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Esparto Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 35.7% — 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.