An equity score of 24/100 ranks Moraga Elementary #1366 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,252 per pupil, Moraga Elementary ranks #1139 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,735
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$16,252
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Moraga Elementary operates 4 public schools serving 1,735 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 middle 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 Contra Costa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,252 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 71.7% local, 25.6% state, and 2.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 24/100, ranked #1366 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 1033.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 1.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.9% White, 18.9% Asian, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Joaquin Moraga Intermediate, with a diversity index of 69.6/100.
Its largest campus is Joaquin Moraga Intermediate, enrolling 658 students (36% of the district's total enrollment).
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate accounts for 36.5% of all Moraga Elementary student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Moraga Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Moraga Elementary student-counselor ratio is 1034:1 — 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.
Moraga Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 1.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.