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San Diego, California - 1 schools
At $12,290 per pupil, Ingenuity Charter District ranks #1545 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
154
Total Enrollment
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$12,290
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ingenuity Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 154 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 San Diego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,290 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 54.8% local, 31.0% state, and 14.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 188:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 64.4% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% African American, 6.4% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ingenuity Charter, enrolling 188 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Ingenuity Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Ingenuity Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ingenuity Charter District a distant remainder — means Ingenuity Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Ingenuity Charter District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 80.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Ingenuity Charter District student-counselor ratio is 188:1 — 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.
How many schools are in Ingenuity Charter District?
Ingenuity Charter District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 154 students.
How much does Ingenuity Charter District spend per student?
Ingenuity Charter District spends $12,290 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ingenuity Charter District?
Ingenuity Charter District students are 64.4% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% African American, 6.4% White, 5.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.