An equity score of 62/100 ranks Lakeport Unified #464 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,268 per pupil, Lakeport Unified ranks #778 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,349
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$18,268
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lakeport Unified operates 5 public schools serving 1,349 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 2 high, 1 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,268 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 27.5% local, 56.1% state, and 16.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 62/100, ranked #464 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 355.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 43.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 41.3% White, 35.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Natural High (Continuation), with a diversity index of 69.7/100.
Its largest campus is Lakeport Elementary, enrolling 530 students (39% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Natural High (Continuation), at 25 students, a 21x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lakeport Elementary accounts for 38.9% of all Lakeport Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lakeport Unified-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Lakeport Unified school enrollment varies 21× across entities
Lakeport Unified school enrollment ranges from 25 students (lowest) to 530 students (highest), a spread of 505 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Lakeport Unified student-counselor ratio is 356:1 — 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.
Lakeport Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 43.0% — 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.