An equity score of 66/100 ranks Jurupa Unified #364 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,991 per pupil, Jurupa Unified ranks #480 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
18,370
Total Enrollment
24
Schools
$19,991
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jurupa Unified operates 24 public schools serving 18,370 students, placing it in the mid-size range in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 17 elementary, 4 high, 3 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Riverside County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,991 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 23.4% local, 64.3% state, and 12.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 66/100, ranked #364 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 24 schools offering Advanced Placement (38 AP courses district-wide), a 393.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 40.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.9% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% White, 2.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Del Sol Academy, with a diversity index of 55.9/100.
Its largest campus is Patriot High, enrolling 2,399 students (14% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Nueva Vista Continuation High, at 217 students, a 11x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Jurupa Unified school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Jurupa Unified school enrollment ranges from 217 students (lowest) to 2,399 students (highest), a spread of 2,182 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Jurupa Unified student-counselor ratio is 394:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Jurupa Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 40.8% — 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.