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San Diego, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District #805 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,783 per pupil, King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District ranks #1459 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District operates 1 public schools serving 262 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle 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 $12,783 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 44.1% local, 34.2% state, and 21.7% 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 49/100, ranked #805 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.
a 201:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 54.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% White, 1.0% African American across the district's schools.
King-Chavez Preparatory Academy accounts for 76.7% of all King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District a distant remainder — means King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 87.8% 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 a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District student-counselor ratio is 201:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District chronic absenteeism rate is 54.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District?
King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 262 students.
How much does King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District spend per student?
King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District spends $12,783 per student. The district has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #805 in California.
What is the demographic composition of King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District?
King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District students are 95.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% White, 1.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District?
King-Chavez Preparatory Academy District has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #805 out of 1517 districts in California.