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Murrieta, California - 1 schools
At $18,000 per pupil, Method Schools La District ranks #396 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
194
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$18,000
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Method Schools La District operates 1 public schools serving 194 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Riverside County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,000 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 9.2% local, 90.8% state, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 227:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 39.6% White, 38.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Method Schools La, enrolling 227 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Method Schools La accounts for 100.0% of all Method Schools La District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Method Schools La District a distant remainder — means Method Schools La District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Method Schools La District student-counselor ratio is 227:1 — 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.
How many schools are in Method Schools La District?
Method Schools La District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 194 students.
How much does Method Schools La District spend per student?
Method Schools La District spends $18,000 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Method Schools La District?
Method Schools La District students are 39.6% White, 38.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% African American, 4.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.