At $26,234 per pupil, Gateway College and Career Academy District ranks #146 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
128
Total Enrollment
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$26,234
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gateway College and Career Academy District operates 1 public schools serving 128 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Riverside County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,234 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 8.0% local, 71.3% state, and 20.7% 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 119.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 1.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.4% Hispanic or Latino, 11.4% White, 6.1% African American across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 161.7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (128 to 335 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 23.9 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,358,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 63.2% went to instruction, 35.4% to support services, and 0% 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.
Gateway College and Career Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Gateway College and Career Academy District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gateway College and Career Academy District a distant remainder — means Gateway College and Career Academy District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Gateway College and Career Academy District reports 52.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Gateway College and Career Academy District student-counselor ratio is 119:1 — 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.
Gateway College and Career Academy District chronic absenteeism rate is 1.8% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Gateway College and Career Academy 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 Gateway College and Career Academy District?
Gateway College and Career Academy District has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 128 students.
How much does Gateway College and Career Academy District spend per student?
Gateway College and Career Academy District spends $26,234 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Gateway College and Career Academy District?
Gateway College and Career Academy District students are 76.4% Hispanic or Latino, 11.4% White, 6.1% African American, 2.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.