At $22,317 per pupil, La Cima Charter School ranks #789 of 986 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
La Cima Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 199 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. 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.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,317 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 986 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis.
a 174:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 64.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.7% Hispanic or Latino, 42.5% African American, 1.1% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is La Cima Charter School, enrolling 174 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 6% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (199 to 187 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 2.8 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $4,441,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 43.2% went to instruction, 52.8% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
La Cima Charter School accounts for 87.4% of all La Cima Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of La Cima Charter School a distant remainder — means La Cima Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
La Cima Charter School reports 96.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
La Cima Charter School student-counselor ratio is 174:1 — 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.
La Cima Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 64.9% — 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.
La Cima Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 199 students.
How much does La Cima Charter School spend per student?
La Cima Charter School spends $22,317 per student.
What is the demographic composition of La Cima Charter School?
La Cima Charter School students are 51.7% Hispanic or Latino, 42.5% African American, 1.1% White, 1.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.