At $19,806 per pupil, Graves Elementary ranks #501 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Graves Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 31 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 Monterey County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,806 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 29.4% local, 67.5% state, and 3.1% 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 21.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.5% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Graves Elementary, enrolling 32 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 12.9% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (31 to 35 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 2.1 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $620,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 61.9% went to instruction, 37.1% 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.
Graves Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Graves Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Graves Elementary a distant remainder — means Graves 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.
Graves Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 21.9% — 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 Graves Elementary is typically wider than the Graves Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.