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Orland, California - 1 schools
At $11,909 per pupil, Lake Elementary ranks #1595 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
185
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$11,909
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 185 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 Glenn County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,909 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 14.8% local, 75.3% state, and 9.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 392:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 8.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.3% White, 33.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lake Elementary, enrolling 196 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lake Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Lake Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lake Elementary a distant remainder — means Lake 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.
Lake Elementary student-counselor ratio is 392:1 — 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.
Lake Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 8.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Lake Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 185 students.
How much does Lake Elementary spend per student?
Lake Elementary spends $11,909 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Lake Elementary?
Lake Elementary students are 63.3% White, 33.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.