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Grass Valley, California - 5 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Nevada Joint Union High #701 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,683 per pupil, Nevada Joint Union High ranks #321 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,489
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$18,683
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Nevada Joint Union High operates 5 public schools serving 2,489 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 $18,683 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 58.6% local, 33.5% state, and 8.0% 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 52/100, ranked #701 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 3 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (27 AP courses district-wide), a 220.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 45.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.3% White, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Nevada Union High, with a diversity index of 45.8/100.
Its largest campus is Nevada Union High, enrolling 1,561 students (61% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Silver Springs High (Continuation), at 80 students, a 20x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Nevada Union High accounts for 60.7% of all Nevada Joint Union High student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Nevada Joint Union High a distant remainder — means Nevada Joint Union High-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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 Joint Union High school enrollment varies 20× across entities
Nevada Joint Union High school enrollment ranges from 80 students (lowest) to 1,561 students (highest), a spread of 1,481 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Nevada Joint Union High student-counselor ratio is 220:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Nevada Joint Union High chronic absenteeism rate is 45.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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 Joint Union High has 5 schools, including 5 high. Total enrollment is 2,489 students.
How much does Nevada Joint Union High spend per student?
Nevada Joint Union High spends $18,683 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #701 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Nevada Joint Union High?
Nevada Joint Union High students are 74.3% White, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian, 0.6% African American, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Nevada Joint Union High?
Nevada Joint Union High has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #701 out of 1517 districts in California.