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Grass Valley, California - 5 schools
An equity score of 79/100 ranks Nevada County Office of Education #107 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $28,251 per pupil, Nevada County Office of Education ranks #75 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,129
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$28,251
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Nevada County Office of Education operates 5 public schools serving 1,129 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high 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 Nevada County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,251 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.4% local, 57.2% state, and 10.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 79/100, ranked #107 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 804.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 32.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.4% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bitney Prep High, with a diversity index of 55.6/100.
Its largest campus is Forest Charter, enrolling 845 students (70% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Earle Jamieson Educational Options, at 5 students, a 169x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Forest Charter accounts for 70.4% of all Nevada County Office of Education student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Nevada County Office of Education a distant remainder — means Nevada County Office of Education-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.
Nevada County Office of Education school enrollment varies 169× across entities
Nevada County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 845 students (highest), a spread of 840 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Nevada County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 805:1 — 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.
Nevada County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 32.9% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Nevada County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Nevada County Office of Education?
Nevada County Office of Education has 5 schools, including 2 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,129 students.
How much does Nevada County Office of Education spend per student?
Nevada County Office of Education spends $28,251 per student. The district has an equity score of 79/100, ranking #107 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Nevada County Office of Education?
Nevada County Office of Education students are 72.4% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian, 0.4% African American, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Nevada County Office of Education?
Nevada County Office of Education has an equity score of 79/100, ranking #107 out of 1517 districts in California.