An equity score of 78/100 ranks Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified #121 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,902 per pupil, Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified ranks #656 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,192
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$18,902
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified operates 6 public schools serving 2,192 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 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 Fresno County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,902 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 19.3% local, 56.1% state, and 24.7% 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 78/100, ranked #121 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 315.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 46.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.5% White, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is El Puente High, with a diversity index of 27.8/100.
Its largest campus is Firebaugh High, enrolling 673 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Firebaugh Community Day, at 8 students, a 84x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Firebaugh High accounts for 30.2% of all Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Firebaugh-Las Deltas 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.
Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified school enrollment varies 84× across entities
Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 673 students (highest), a spread of 665 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified student-counselor ratio is 315:1 — 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 Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified is typically wider than the Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 46.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.