At $31,391 per pupil, Golden Feather Union Elementary ranks #80 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$31,391
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Golden Feather Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 69 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 Butte County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $31,391 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 49.7% local, 22.7% state, and 27.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 85.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.1% White, 17.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Concow Elementary, enrolling 67 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Concow Elementary accounts for 97.1% of all Golden Feather Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Golden Feather Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Golden Feather 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.
Golden Feather Union Elementary reports 82.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Golden Feather Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 85.1% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Golden Feather Union Elementary'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 Golden Feather Union Elementary?
Golden Feather Union Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 69 students.
How much does Golden Feather Union Elementary spend per student?
Golden Feather Union Elementary spends $31,391 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Golden Feather Union Elementary?
Golden Feather Union Elementary students are 70.1% White, 17.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.