An equity score of 55/100 ranks Lucerne Elementary #643 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,323 per pupil, Lucerne Elementary ranks #1315 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
300
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$15,323
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lucerne Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 300 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,323 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 21.6% local, 64.0% state, and 14.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 55/100, ranked #643 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 73.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.8% White, 41.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lucerne Elementary, enrolling 282 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lucerne Elementary accounts for 94.0% of all Lucerne Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lucerne Elementary a distant remainder — means Lucerne Elementary-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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Lucerne Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 73.0% — 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.