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Irvine, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Excel Academy Charter District #911 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,314 per pupil, Excel Academy Charter District ranks #1777 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Excel Academy Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 1,048 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,314 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 13.4% local, 78.0% state, and 8.5% 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 44/100, ranked #911 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 (5 AP courses district-wide), a 356.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 1.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.5% White, 30.6% Hispanic or Latino, 17.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Excel Academy Charter, enrolling 1,069 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Excel Academy Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Excel Academy Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Excel Academy Charter District a distant remainder — means Excel Academy Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Excel Academy Charter District student-counselor ratio is 356:1 — 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.
Excel Academy Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 1.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Excel Academy Charter District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Excel Academy Charter District?
Excel Academy Charter District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,048 students.
How much does Excel Academy Charter District spend per student?
Excel Academy Charter District spends $10,314 per student. The district has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #911 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Excel Academy Charter District?
Excel Academy Charter District students are 38.5% White, 30.6% Hispanic or Latino, 17.1% Asian, 2.9% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Excel Academy Charter District?
Excel Academy Charter District has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #911 out of 1517 districts in California.