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San Francisco, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Gateway Middle District #775 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,601 per pupil, Gateway Middle District ranks #832 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Gateway Middle District operates 1 public schools serving 302 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 San Francisco County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,601 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 54.1% local, 33.6% state, and 12.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 50/100, ranked #775 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 123.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 35.5% Hispanic or Latino, 24.9% White, 18.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Gateway Middle, enrolling 247 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Gateway Middle accounts for 81.8% of all Gateway Middle District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gateway Middle District a distant remainder — means Gateway Middle District-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.
Gateway Middle District student-counselor ratio is 124:1 — 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 Middle District has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 302 students.
How much does Gateway Middle District spend per student?
Gateway Middle District spends $15,601 per student. The district has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #775 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Gateway Middle District?
Gateway Middle District students are 35.5% Hispanic or Latino, 24.9% White, 18.8% African American, 9.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Gateway Middle District?
Gateway Middle District has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #775 out of 1517 districts in California.