An equity score of 45/100 ranks Kerman Unified #884 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,605 per pupil, Kerman Unified ranks #1258 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,358
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$15,605
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 $15,605 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 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 45/100, ranked #884 of 1526 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 largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
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.
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.
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.