An equity score of 49/100 ranks Monrovia Unified #789 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,068 per pupil, Monrovia Unified ranks #986 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,047
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$17,068
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Monrovia Unified operates 10 public schools serving 5,047 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,068 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 34.6% local, 53.1% state, and 12.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 49/100, ranked #789 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 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 511.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.2% Hispanic or Latino, 13.7% White, 9.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Plymouth Elementary, with a diversity index of 68.6/100.
Its largest campus is Monrovia High, enrolling 1,455 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Canyon Oaks High, at 49 students, a 30x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Monrovia High accounts for 28.8% of all Monrovia Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Monrovia 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.
Monrovia Unified school enrollment varies 30× across entities
Monrovia Unified school enrollment ranges from 49 students (lowest) to 1,455 students (highest), a spread of 1,406 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Monrovia Unified student-counselor ratio is 511:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Monrovia Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 35.4% — 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.