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Arcata, California - 1 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Fuente Nueva Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 137 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 Humboldt County.
a 150:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 12.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.0% Hispanic or Latino, 36.7% White, 0.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Fuente Nueva Charter, enrolling 150 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Fuente Nueva Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Fuente Nueva Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Fuente Nueva Charter District a distant remainder — means Fuente Nueva Charter District-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.
Fuente Nueva Charter District student-counselor ratio is 150:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Fuente Nueva Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 12.7% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Fuente Nueva 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 Fuente Nueva Charter District?
Fuente Nueva Charter District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 137 students.
What is the demographic composition of Fuente Nueva Charter District?
Fuente Nueva Charter District students are 44.0% Hispanic or Latino, 36.7% White, 0.7% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.