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City of Industry, California - 35 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks Hacienda La Puente Unified #487 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,162 per pupil, Hacienda La Puente Unified ranks #703 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
16,206
Total Enrollment
35
Schools
$16,162
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hacienda La Puente Unified operates 35 public schools serving 16,206 students, placing it in the mid-size range in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 23 elementary, 5 high, 4 middle, 3 combined schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 $16,162 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 18.2% local, 68.2% state, and 13.5% 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 60/100, ranked #487 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 4 of 35 schools offering Advanced Placement (63 AP courses district-wide), a 471.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 39.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 2.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Palm Canyon, with a diversity index of 67.4/100.
Its largest campus is Los Altos High, enrolling 1,592 students (10% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Valley Community Day, at 13 students, a 122x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hacienda La Puente Unified school enrollment varies 122× across entities
Hacienda La Puente Unified school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 1,592 students (highest), a spread of 1,579 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Hacienda La Puente Unified has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 60.3% 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.
Hacienda La Puente Unified student-counselor ratio is 472:1 — 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.
Hacienda La Puente Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 39.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.