An equity score of 47/100 ranks Mammoth Unified #844 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,921 per pupil, Mammoth Unified ranks #1016 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,118
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$16,921
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mammoth Unified operates 4 public schools serving 1,118 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 elementary, 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 Mono County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,921 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 82.4% local, 10.5% state, and 7.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #844 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 170:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.6% Hispanic or Latino, 25.6% White, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mammoth Elementary, with a diversity index of 51.4/100.
Its largest campus is Mammoth Elementary, enrolling 505 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sierra High (Continuation), at 9 students, a 56x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mammoth Elementary accounts for 45.2% of all Mammoth Unified student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mammoth Unified a distant remainder — means Mammoth Unified-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Mammoth Unified school enrollment varies 56× across entities
Mammoth Unified school enrollment ranges from 9 students (lowest) to 505 students (highest), a spread of 496 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mammoth Unified student-counselor ratio is 170:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Mammoth Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 32.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.