At $58,357 per pupil, Fort Ross Elementary ranks #15 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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$58,357
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
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 $58,357 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 188 of 1880 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).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 7.1% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (14 to 15 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $859,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 39.7% went to instruction, 51.8% to support services, and 4.9% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
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 largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Fort Ross Elementary reports 64.3% free-lunch eligibility
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.
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 $58,357 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.