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Los Angeles, California - 1 schools
At $18,402 per pupil, Learning By Design Charter District ranks #357 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$18,402
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Learning By Design Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 109 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 $18,402 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.1% local, 50.1% state, and 30.8% 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 1.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.3% African American, 42.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Learning By Design Charter, enrolling 114 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Learning By Design Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Learning By Design Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Learning By Design Charter District a distant remainder — means Learning By Design Charter 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.
Learning By Design Charter District reports 67.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Learning By Design Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 1.8% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Learning By Design Charter District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Learning By Design Charter District?
Learning By Design Charter District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 109 students.
How much does Learning By Design Charter District spend per student?
Learning By Design Charter District spends $18,402 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Learning By Design Charter District?
Learning By Design Charter District students are 55.3% African American, 42.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.