At $16,185 per pupil, Mulberry Elementary ranks #1154 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
65
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$16,185
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mulberry Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 65 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 Imperial County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,185 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 26.9% local, 66.1% state, and 7.0% 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 21.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.1% Hispanic or Latino, 34.4% White, 3.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mulberry Elementary, enrolling 61 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Mulberry Elementary accounts for 93.8% of all Mulberry Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mulberry Elementary a distant remainder — means Mulberry Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Mulberry Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 21.3% — 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 Mulberry Elementary is typically wider than the Mulberry Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.