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Palo Cedro, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Junction Elementary #1027 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,894 per pupil, Junction Elementary ranks #1230 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Junction Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 381 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 Shasta County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,894 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 46.3% local, 39.5% state, and 14.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 40/100, ranked #1027 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 20.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.3% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Junction Elementary, enrolling 416 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Junction Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Junction Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Junction Elementary a distant remainder — means Junction Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Junction Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 20.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Junction Elementary is typically wider than the Junction Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.