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Encinitas, California - 1 schools
At $10,983 per pupil, Jcs - Cedar Cove District ranks #1713 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Jcs - Cedar Cove District operates 1 public schools serving 136 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 $10,983 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.0% local, 78.3% state, and 2.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 655:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 3.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.9% White, 28.2% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Jcs - Cedar Cove, enrolling 131 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Jcs - Cedar Cove accounts for 96.3% of all Jcs - Cedar Cove District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Jcs - Cedar Cove District a distant remainder — means Jcs - Cedar Cove 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.
Jcs - Cedar Cove District student-counselor ratio is 655:1 — 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.
Jcs - Cedar Cove District chronic absenteeism rate is 3.1% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
How many schools are in Jcs - Cedar Cove District?
Jcs - Cedar Cove District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 136 students.
How much does Jcs - Cedar Cove District spend per student?
Jcs - Cedar Cove District spends $10,983 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Jcs - Cedar Cove District?
Jcs - Cedar Cove District students are 48.9% White, 28.2% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% Asian, 4.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.