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Kerman, California - 8 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Kerman Unified #933 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,384 per pupil, Kerman Unified ranks #1353 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,358
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$13,384
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kerman Unified operates 8 public schools serving 5,358 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Fresno County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,384 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 14.9% local, 68.1% state, and 17.0% 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 43/100, ranked #933 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 396.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 37.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.0% Hispanic or Latino, 5.6% White, 2.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Liberty Elementary, with a diversity index of 25.5/100.
Its largest campus is Kerman High, enrolling 1,493 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Enterprise High, at 57 students, a 26x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kerman High accounts for 27.9% of all Kerman Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Kerman Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Kerman Unified school enrollment varies 26× across entities
Kerman Unified school enrollment ranges from 57 students (lowest) to 1,493 students (highest), a spread of 1,436 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Kerman Unified has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.7% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Kerman Unified student-counselor ratio is 397:1 — 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.
Kerman Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 37.7% — 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.