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Glendora, California - 9 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Glendora Unified #1286 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,502 per pupil, Glendora Unified ranks #1515 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,525
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$12,502
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Glendora Unified operates 9 public schools serving 6,525 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,502 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 30.5% local, 61.3% state, and 8.2% 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 28/100, ranked #1286 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 451.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.4% Hispanic or Latino, 26.6% White, 14.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Goddard Middle, with a diversity index of 69.3/100.
Its largest campus is Glendora High, enrolling 2,069 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Whitcomb Continuation High, at 104 students, a 20x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Glendora High accounts for 31.7% of all Glendora Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Glendora Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Glendora Unified school enrollment varies 20× across entities
Glendora Unified school enrollment ranges from 104 students (lowest) to 2,069 students (highest), a spread of 1,965 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Glendora Unified student-counselor ratio is 452:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Glendora Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 25.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Glendora Unified is typically wider than the Glendora Unified-aggregate figure suggests.