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Hermosa Beach, California - 3 schools
An equity score of 16/100 ranks Hermosa Beach City Elementary #1476 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,649 per pupil, Hermosa Beach City Elementary ranks #1291 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,277
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,649
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hermosa Beach City Elementary operates 3 public schools serving 1,277 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,649 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 55.5% local, 40.8% state, and 3.7% 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 16/100, ranked #1476 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 491.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 11.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.7% White, 13.9% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hermosa Vista, with a diversity index of 62.0/100.
Its largest campus is Hermosa Valley Elementary, enrolling 589 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Hermosa Valley Elementary accounts for 41.7% of all Hermosa Beach City Elementary student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hermosa Beach City Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Hermosa Beach City Elementary student-counselor ratio is 492:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Hermosa Beach City Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 11.9% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Hermosa Beach City Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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