At $22,314 per pupil, Gazelle Union Elementary ranks #277 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Gazelle Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 35 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 Siskiyou County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,314 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.3% local, 66.4% state, and 5.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 55.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.7% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 5.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Gazelle Elementary, enrolling 34 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (35 to 35 students, +0%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $807,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 45.7% went to instruction, 40.1% 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.
Gazelle Elementary accounts for 97.1% of all Gazelle Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gazelle Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Gazelle Union Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Gazelle Union Elementary reports 51.4% 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.
Gazelle Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 55.9% — 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.
Gazelle Union Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 35 students.
How much does Gazelle Union Elementary spend per student?
Gazelle Union Elementary spends $22,314 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Gazelle Union Elementary?
Gazelle Union Elementary students are 64.7% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 5.9% Asian, 2.9% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.