At $14,855 per pupil, Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary ranks #1409 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
193
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$14,855
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 193 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 Sutter County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,855 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 30.4% local, 61.8% state, and 7.8% 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 14.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.1% White, 27.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 5.7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (193 to 182 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 1.1 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,161,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 49.4% went to instruction, 35.4% to support services, and 7.2% 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.
Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary accounts for 92.7% of all Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Marcum-Illinois Union 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.
Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 14.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary'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 Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary?
Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 193 students.
How much does Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary spend per student?
Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary spends $14,855 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary?
Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary students are 63.1% White, 27.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.