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San Diego, California - 1 schools
At $16,686 per pupil, Learning Choice Academy District ranks #591 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
170
Total Enrollment
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$16,686
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Learning Choice Academy District operates 1 public schools serving 170 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 San Diego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,686 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 46.2% local, 21.3% state, and 32.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 177:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 33.9% Hispanic or Latino, 29.9% White, 10.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Learning Choice Academy, enrolling 177 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Learning Choice Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Learning Choice Academy District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Learning Choice Academy District a distant remainder — means Learning Choice Academy District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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 Choice Academy District student-counselor ratio is 177:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Learning Choice Academy 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 Choice Academy District?
Learning Choice Academy District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 170 students.
How much does Learning Choice Academy District spend per student?
Learning Choice Academy District spends $16,686 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Learning Choice Academy District?
Learning Choice Academy District students are 33.9% Hispanic or Latino, 29.9% White, 10.7% African American, 9.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.