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Mt. Baldy, California - 1 schools
At $16,622 per pupil, Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary ranks #608 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$16,622
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 93 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,622 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 27.5% local, 66.0% state, and 6.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 16.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Its largest campus is Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary, enrolling 93 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary a distant remainder — means Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 16.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary is typically wider than the Mt. Baldy Joint Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.