An equity score of 39/100 ranks Mojave Unified #1025 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,357 per pupil, Mojave Unified ranks #1127 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,009
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$16,357
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mojave Unified operates 6 public schools serving 3,009 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Kern County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,357 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 38.0% local, 46.9% state, and 15.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 39/100, ranked #1025 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 370.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 88.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.3% Hispanic or Latino, 26.8% African American, 11.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mojave Elementary, with a diversity index of 65.3/100.
Its largest campus is California City High, enrolling 604 students (21% of the district's total enrollment).
California City High accounts for 20.1% of all Mojave Unified student enrollment
That concentration means Mojave Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Mojave Unified student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Mojave Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 88.8% — 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.