An equity score of 74/100 ranks Holtville Unified #193 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,698 per pupil, Holtville Unified ranks #691 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,573
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$18,698
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Holtville Unified operates 6 public schools serving 1,573 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 $18,698 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 21.1% local, 66.8% state, and 12.1% 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 #193 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 2 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 224.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 30.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.2% Hispanic or Latino, 11.1% White, 0.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pine Elementary, with a diversity index of 45.4/100.
Its largest campus is Emmett S. Finley Elementary, enrolling 559 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sam Webb Continuation, at 10 students, a 56x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Emmett S. Finley Elementary accounts for 35.5% of all Holtville Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Holtville Unified-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Holtville Unified school enrollment varies 56× across entities
Holtville Unified school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 559 students (highest), a spread of 549 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Holtville Unified student-counselor ratio is 225:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Holtville Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 30.7% — 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.