An equity score of 71/100 ranks Healdsburg Unified #260 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $24,765 per pupil, Healdsburg Unified ranks #178 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,240
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$24,765
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Healdsburg Unified operates 4 public schools serving 1,240 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle 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 Sonoma County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,765 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 66.2% local, 29.3% state, and 4.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 71/100, ranked #260 of 1526 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 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 267.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 30.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.6% Hispanic or Latino, 30.9% White, 0.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Healdsburg High, with a diversity index of 51.4/100.
Its largest campus is Healdsburg High, enrolling 503 students (41% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Marce Becerra Academy, at 24 students, a 21x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Healdsburg High accounts for 40.6% of all Healdsburg Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Healdsburg Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Healdsburg Unified school enrollment varies 21× across entities
Healdsburg Unified school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 503 students (highest), a spread of 479 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.
Healdsburg Unified student-counselor ratio is 267:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Healdsburg Unified is typically wider than the Healdsburg Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Healdsburg Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 30.5% — 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.