At $16,803 per pupil, Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District ranks #1041 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District operates 1 public schools serving 122 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle 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 $16,803 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 36.3% local, 56.1% state, and 7.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 408.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 91.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 58.5% Hispanic or Latino, 28.7% White, 5.3% African American across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 15.6% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (122 to 103 students), and the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,051,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 53.7% went to instruction, 44.1% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
California Creative Learning Academy Ms accounts for 80.3% of all Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District a distant remainder — means Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District student-counselor ratio is 408:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District chronic absenteeism rate is 91.8% — 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 Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts 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 Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District?
Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 122 students.
How much does Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District spend per student?
Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District spends $16,803 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District?
Los Feliz Charter Middle School for the Arts District students are 58.5% Hispanic or Latino, 28.7% White, 5.3% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.