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Leggett, California - 4 schools
At $25,750 per pupil, Leggett Valley Unified ranks #102 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
125
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$25,750
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Leggett Valley Unified operates 4 public schools serving 125 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 2 high 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 Mendocino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,750 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 15.6% local, 78.9% state, and 5.4% 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 51.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.1% White, 18.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Whale Gulch High, with a diversity index of 61.3/100.
Its largest campus is Leggett Valley Elementary, enrolling 51 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Whale Gulch High, at 7 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Leggett Valley Elementary accounts for 40.8% of all Leggett Valley Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Leggett Valley Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Leggett Valley Unified school enrollment varies 7.3× across entities
Leggett Valley Unified school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 51 students (highest), a spread of 44 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Leggett Valley Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 51.1% — 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.
Leggett Valley Unified has 4 schools, including 2 elementary, 2 high. Total enrollment is 125 students.
How much does Leggett Valley Unified spend per student?
Leggett Valley Unified spends $25,750 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Leggett Valley Unified?
Leggett Valley Unified students are 65.1% White, 18.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.