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San Diego, California - 1 schools
At $18,794 per pupil, Mcgill School of Success District ranks #306 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$18,794
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Mcgill School of Success District operates 1 public schools serving 125 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 San Diego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,794 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.6% local, 37.2% state, and 23.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 54.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American, 0.9% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mcgill School of Success, enrolling 108 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Mcgill School of Success accounts for 86.4% of all Mcgill School of Success District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mcgill School of Success District a distant remainder — means Mcgill School of Success District-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.
Mcgill School of Success District reports 64.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Mcgill School of Success District chronic absenteeism rate is 54.6% — 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 Mcgill School of Success 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 Mcgill School of Success District?
Mcgill School of Success District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 125 students.
How much does Mcgill School of Success District spend per student?
Mcgill School of Success District spends $18,794 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Mcgill School of Success District?
Mcgill School of Success District students are 93.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American, 0.9% White, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.