La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District

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Los Angeles, California - 1 schools

At $24,774 per pupil, La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District ranks #177 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.

133
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$24,774
Per-Pupil Spending
Middle
School Types

District-Level NCES Analysis

La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District operates 1 public schools serving 133 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle 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 Los Angeles County.

Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,774 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.4% local, 52.8% state, and 20.8% 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 66.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.

Its largest campus is Russell Westbrook Why Not? Middle, enrolling 133 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).

Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (133 to 133 students, +0%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.

Of the district's $3,295,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 52.8% went to instruction, 47.2% 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.

Russell Westbrook Why Not? Middle accounts for 100.0% of all La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District student enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District a distant remainder — means La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. 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.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District reports 97.7% 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.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District chronic absenteeism rate is 66.2% — 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

Where does the funding come from?

20.8%
Federal
52.8%
State
26.4%
Local

Programs & Resources

66.2%
Chronically Absent

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

Schools in La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District

School Enrollment
Russell Westbrook Why Not? Middle
Charter
133

How La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District Compares to Similar-Size Districts

The California districts closest to this one in total enrollment.

District Enrollment Spending Funding Mix
Aerostem Academy District Similar size Lower spending Similar funding mix
Princeton Joint Unified Similar size Similar spending More locally funded
Two Rock Union Similar size Lower spending Similar funding mix
Sierra Foothill Charter District Similar size Lower spending More locally funded
Big Valley Joint Unified Similar size Similar spending More locally funded

Comparisons are relative to La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District'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 La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District?

La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 133 students.

How much does La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District spend per student?

La's Promise Charter Middle #1 District spends $24,774 per student.