At $17,205 per pupil, General Shafter Elementary ranks #501 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
179
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$17,205
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
General Shafter Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 179 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 Kern County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,205 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 83.2% local, 12.6% state, and 4.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 52.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.2% Hispanic or Latino, 26.6% White, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is General Shafter Elementary, enrolling 169 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
General Shafter Elementary accounts for 94.4% of all General Shafter Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of General Shafter Elementary a distant remainder — means General Shafter 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.
General Shafter Elementary reports 59.8% 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.
General Shafter Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 52.1% — 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.
How many schools are in General Shafter Elementary?
General Shafter Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 179 students.
How much does General Shafter Elementary spend per student?
General Shafter Elementary spends $17,205 per student.
What is the demographic composition of General Shafter Elementary?
General Shafter Elementary students are 72.2% Hispanic or Latino, 26.6% White, 0.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.