At $15,601 per pupil, Jcs - Pine Valley District ranks #1259 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
143
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$15,601
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jcs - Pine Valley District operates 1 public schools serving 143 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 $15,601 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 23.9% local, 67.4% state, and 8.7% 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 920:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 3.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.0% White, 26.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Jcs - Pine Valley, enrolling 184 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Jcs - Pine Valley accounts for 100.0% of all Jcs - Pine Valley District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Jcs - Pine Valley District a distant remainder — means Jcs - Pine Valley District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Jcs - Pine Valley District reports 51.0% 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.
Jcs - Pine Valley District student-counselor ratio is 920:1 — 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 - Pine Valley District chronic absenteeism rate is 3.8% — 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 - Pine Valley District?
Jcs - Pine Valley District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 143 students.
How much does Jcs - Pine Valley District spend per student?
Jcs - Pine Valley District spends $15,601 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Jcs - Pine Valley District?
Jcs - Pine Valley District students are 61.0% White, 26.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.