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Turlock, California - 1 schools
At $13,382 per pupil, Fusion Charter District ranks #1355 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
126
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$13,382
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Fusion Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 126 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Stanislaus County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,382 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 17.0% local, 76.6% state, and 6.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 142:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 71.1% Hispanic or Latino, 20.4% White, 2.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Fusion Charter, enrolling 142 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Fusion Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Fusion Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Fusion Charter District a distant remainder — means Fusion Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Fusion Charter District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 78.6% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Fusion Charter District student-counselor ratio is 142:1 — 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.
Fusion Charter District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 126 students.
How much does Fusion Charter District spend per student?
Fusion Charter District spends $13,382 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Fusion Charter District?
Fusion Charter District students are 71.1% Hispanic or Latino, 20.4% White, 2.8% African American, 2.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.