An equity score of 74/100 ranks Heber Elementary #194 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,237 per pupil, Heber Elementary ranks #460 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,186
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$20,237
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Heber Elementary operates 2 public schools serving 1,186 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Imperial County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,237 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 13.2% local, 71.5% state, and 15.3% 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 74/100, ranked #194 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.
a 440.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 2.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% White, 0.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Dogwood Elementary, enrolling 606 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Dogwood Elementary accounts for 51.1% of all Heber Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Heber Elementary a distant remainder — means Heber 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.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Heber Elementary student-counselor ratio is 440:1 — 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.
Heber Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 2.9% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.