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Galt, California - 7 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Galt Joint Union Elementary #866 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,928 per pupil, Galt Joint Union Elementary ranks #984 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,352
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$14,928
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Galt Joint Union Elementary operates 7 public schools serving 3,352 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 1 middle 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 Sacramento County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,928 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 23.7% local, 59.4% state, and 16.9% 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 46/100, ranked #866 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 660:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.3% Hispanic or Latino, 28.5% White, 4.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is River Oaks Elementary, with a diversity index of 59.5/100.
Its largest campus is Robert L. Mccaffrey Middle, enrolling 779 students (23% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fairsite Elementary, at 160 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Robert L. Mccaffrey Middle accounts for 22.6% of all Galt Joint Union Elementary student enrollment
That concentration means Galt Joint Union Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Galt Joint Union Elementary school enrollment varies 4.9× across entities
Galt Joint Union Elementary school enrollment ranges from 160 students (lowest) to 779 students (highest), a spread of 619 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Galt Joint Union Elementary student-counselor ratio is 660:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Galt Joint Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 50.9% — 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.