Kings County Office of Education

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Hanford, California - 2 schools

348
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types

District-Level NCES Analysis

Kings County Office of Education operates 2 public schools serving 348 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined 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 Kings County.

The funding mix is 34.7% local, 49.7% state, and 15.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.

a 6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 60.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.3% Hispanic or Latino, 7.5% White, 2.5% African American across the district's schools.

Its largest campus is Kings County Special Education, enrolling 393 students (98% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is J. C. Montgomery, at 6 students, a 66x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.

Kings County Special Education accounts for 98.5% of all Kings County Office of Education student enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kings County Office of Education a distant remainder — means Kings County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Kings County Office of Education has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 69.5% 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.

Source: ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system

Kings County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 6:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection NCES Civil Rights Data Collection

Kings County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 60.8% — 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.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22

Where does the funding come from?

15.6%
Federal
49.7%
State
34.7%
Local

Student Demographics

Average demographic composition across 2 schools in Kings County Office of Education.

White 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino 85.3%
African American 2.5%
Asian 1.9%
Multiracial 1.4%
Other 1.4%

Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.

Programs & Resources

6:1
Student-Counselor Ratio
60.8%
Chronically Absent

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.

Schools in Kings County Office of Education

School Enrollment
Kings County Special Education
393
J. C. Montgomery
6

How Kings County Office of Education Compares to Similar-Size Districts

The California districts closest to this one in total enrollment.

District Enrollment Spending Funding Mix
Lps Oakland R & D Campus District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
New Opportunities Charter District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Environmental Charter Middle District Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix
Bay Area Technology District Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix
King-Chavez Primary Academy District Similar size No spending data More locally funded

Comparisons are relative to Kings County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many schools are in Kings County Office of Education?

Kings County Office of Education has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 348 students.

What is the demographic composition of Kings County Office of Education?

Kings County Office of Education students are 85.3% Hispanic or Latino, 7.5% White, 2.5% African American, 1.9% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.