At $40,800 per pupil, Julian Union High ranks #29 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
100
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$40,800
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Julian Union High operates 1 public schools serving 100 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $40,800 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 58.3% local, 17.5% state, and 24.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 112:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 30.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.6% Hispanic or Latino, 41.1% White, 3.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Julian High, enrolling 112 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Julian High accounts for 100.0% of all Julian Union High student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Julian Union High a distant remainder — means Julian Union High-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Julian Union High reports 52.0% 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.
Julian Union High student-counselor ratio is 112:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Julian Union High chronic absenteeism rate is 30.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Julian Union High has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 100 students.
How much does Julian Union High spend per student?
Julian Union High spends $40,800 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Julian Union High?
Julian Union High students are 44.6% Hispanic or Latino, 41.1% White, 3.6% African American, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.