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Hanford, California - 1 schools
823
Total Enrollment
1
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Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 823 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 14.5% local, 80.2% state, and 5.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 23.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.4% White, 44.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Kings River-Hardwick Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 23.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary is typically wider than the Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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