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North Edwards, California - 5 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Muroc Joint Unified #610 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,484 per pupil, Muroc Joint Unified ranks #1093 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,738
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$14,484
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Muroc Joint Unified operates 5 public schools serving 1,738 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 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 $14,484 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 9.4% local, 22.1% state, and 68.6% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs. The district's equity score is 56/100, ranked #610 of 1517 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 2 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 250.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 41.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.8% Hispanic or Latino, 33.1% White, 7.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is William a. Bailey Elementary, with a diversity index of 72.1/100.
Its largest campus is Desert Junior-Senior High, enrolling 497 students (28% of the district's total enrollment).
Desert Junior-Senior High accounts for 27.9% of all Muroc Joint Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Muroc Joint Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Muroc Joint Unified student-counselor ratio is 251:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Muroc Joint Unified is typically wider than the Muroc Joint Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Muroc Joint Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 41.5% — 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.