At $26,736 per pupil, Magnolia Science Academy 6 District ranks #137 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Magnolia Science Academy 6 District operates 1 public schools serving 91 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 $26,736 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 20.5% local, 43.9% state, and 35.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 23.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.1% Hispanic or Latino, 5.5% African American, 3.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Magnolia Science Academy 6, enrolling 128 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 22% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (91 to 111 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 2.8 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,433,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 51% went to instruction, 48.8% 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.
Magnolia Science Academy 6 accounts for 100.0% of all Magnolia Science Academy 6 District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Magnolia Science Academy 6 District a distant remainder — means Magnolia Science Academy 6 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.
Magnolia Science Academy 6 District reports 91.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Magnolia Science Academy 6 District chronic absenteeism rate is 23.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Magnolia Science Academy 6 District is typically wider than the Magnolia Science Academy 6 District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Magnolia Science Academy 6 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 Magnolia Science Academy 6 District?
Magnolia Science Academy 6 District has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 91 students.
How much does Magnolia Science Academy 6 District spend per student?
Magnolia Science Academy 6 District spends $26,736 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Magnolia Science Academy 6 District?
Magnolia Science Academy 6 District students are 89.1% Hispanic or Latino, 5.5% African American, 3.9% Asian, 1.6% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.