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Marina, California - 1 schools
At $15,731 per pupil, Learning for Life Charter District ranks #799 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
128
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$15,731
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Learning for Life Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 128 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 Monterey County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,731 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 32.9% local, 38.9% state, and 28.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 160:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 61.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.9% Hispanic or Latino, 19.5% White, 3.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Learning for Life Charter, enrolling 160 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Learning for Life Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Learning for Life Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Learning for Life Charter District a distant remainder — means Learning for Life Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Learning for Life Charter District student-counselor ratio is 160:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Learning for Life Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 61.3% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Learning for Life 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 for Life Charter District?
Learning for Life Charter District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 128 students.
How much does Learning for Life Charter District spend per student?
Learning for Life Charter District spends $15,731 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Learning for Life Charter District?
Learning for Life Charter District students are 62.9% Hispanic or Latino, 19.5% White, 3.1% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.