At $13,746 per pupil, International School for Science and Culture District ranks #1599 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
International School for Science and Culture District operates 1 public schools serving 130 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,746 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 77.0% local, 18.0% state, and 5.0% 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 970:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.4% Hispanic or Latino, 19.6% White, 16.5% Asian across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 12.3% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (130 to 114 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 2.7 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,821,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 45.5% went to instruction, 46.6% to support services, and 1.8% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
International School for Science and Culture accounts for 74.6% of all International School for Science and Culture District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of International School for Science and Culture District a distant remainder — means International School for Science and Culture District-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.
International School for Science and Culture District reports 53.1% free-lunch eligibility
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.
International School for Science and Culture District student-counselor ratio is 970:1 — 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.
International School for Science and Culture District chronic absenteeism rate is 12.4% — 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 International School for Science and Culture District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in International School for Science and Culture District?
International School for Science and Culture District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 130 students.
How much does International School for Science and Culture District spend per student?
International School for Science and Culture District spends $13,746 per student.
What is the demographic composition of International School for Science and Culture District?
International School for Science and Culture District students are 45.4% Hispanic or Latino, 19.6% White, 16.5% Asian, 1.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.