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Shafter, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Grimmway Academy Shafter District #334 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,114 per pupil, Grimmway Academy Shafter District ranks #1182 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Grimmway Academy Shafter District operates 1 public schools serving 801 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 $14,114 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 10.5% local, 78.0% state, and 11.4% 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 67/100, ranked #334 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 80:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 85.0% Hispanic or Latino, 15.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Grow Academy Shafter, enrolling 80 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Grimmway Academy Shafter District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.4% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Grimmway Academy Shafter District student-counselor ratio is 80:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Grimmway Academy Shafter District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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