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Cazadero, California - 1 schools
At $60,917 per pupil, Fort Ross Elementary ranks #14 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Fort Ross Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 14 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Sonoma County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $60,917 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 65.0% local, 25.9% state, and 9.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 40.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.0% White, 20.0% Hispanic or Latino, 5.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Fort Ross Elementary, enrolling 20 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Fort Ross Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Fort Ross Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Fort Ross Elementary a distant remainder — means Fort Ross Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Fort Ross Elementary has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 64.3% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Fort Ross Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 40.0% — 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.
Fort Ross Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 14 students.
How much does Fort Ross Elementary spend per student?
Fort Ross Elementary spends $60,917 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Fort Ross Elementary?
Fort Ross Elementary students are 50.0% White, 20.0% Hispanic or Latino, 5.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.