An equity score of 61/100 ranks Fairfax Elementary #485 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,170 per pupil, Fairfax Elementary ranks #968 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,678
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,170
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fairfax Elementary operates 4 public schools serving 2,678 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary 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 Kern County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,170 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 14.2% local, 66.9% state, and 19.0% 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 61/100, ranked #485 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 552.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% White, 1.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Zephyr Lane Elementary, with a diversity index of 17.8/100.
Its largest campus is Zephyr Lane Elementary, enrolling 797 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Zephyr Lane Elementary accounts for 29.8% of all Fairfax Elementary student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Fairfax Elementary-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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Fairfax Elementary student-counselor ratio is 553:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Fairfax Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 25.5% — 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 Fairfax Elementary is typically wider than the Fairfax Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.