At $8,833 per pupil, Lashon Academy City District ranks #1874 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lashon Academy City District operates 1 public schools serving 72 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,833 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.1% local, 61.9% state, and 12.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 1.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% African American, 1.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lashon Academy City, enrolling 127 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 48.6% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (72 to 107 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 2.9 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $636,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 59.1% went to instruction, 30.5% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Lashon Academy City accounts for 100.0% of all Lashon Academy City District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lashon Academy City District a distant remainder — means Lashon Academy City District-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.
Lashon Academy City District reports 56.9% free-lunch eligibility
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.
Lashon Academy City District chronic absenteeism rate is 1.6% — 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.
How many schools are in Lashon Academy City District?
Lashon Academy City District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 72 students.
How much does Lashon Academy City District spend per student?
Lashon Academy City District spends $8,833 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Lashon Academy City District?
Lashon Academy City District students are 78.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% African American, 1.6% Asian, 0.8% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.