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Huntington Beach, California - 8 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Huntington Beach City Elementary #1288 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,654 per pupil, Huntington Beach City Elementary ranks #1044 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,703
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$14,654
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Huntington Beach City Elementary operates 8 public schools serving 4,703 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,654 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 79.5% local, 14.1% state, and 6.5% 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 28/100, ranked #1288 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 987.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.4% White, 21.6% Hispanic or Latino, 11.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Huntington Seacliff Elementary, with a diversity index of 71.0/100.
Its largest campus is Ethel Dwyer Middle, enrolling 884 students (19% of the district's total enrollment).
Ethel Dwyer Middle accounts for 18.8% of all Huntington Beach City Elementary student enrollment
That concentration means Huntington Beach City Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Huntington Beach City Elementary school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Huntington Beach City Elementary school enrollment ranges from 410 students (lowest) to 884 students (highest), a spread of 474 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Huntington Beach City Elementary student-counselor ratio is 987:1 — 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.
Huntington Beach City Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 16.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Huntington Beach City Elementary is typically wider than the Huntington Beach City Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Huntington 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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