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Gardena, California - 1 schools
At $12,833 per pupil, New Millennium Secondary District ranks #1455 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
151
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$12,833
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
New Millennium Secondary District operates 1 public schools serving 151 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,833 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 25.1% local, 54.2% state, and 20.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 116:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 71.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.4% Hispanic or Latino, 35.3% African American, 1.7% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is New Millennium Secondary, enrolling 116 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
New Millennium Secondary accounts for 76.8% of all New Millennium Secondary District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New Millennium Secondary District a distant remainder — means New Millennium Secondary District-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.
New Millennium Secondary District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 82.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
New Millennium Secondary District student-counselor ratio is 116:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
New Millennium Secondary District chronic absenteeism rate is 71.6% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to New Millennium Secondary District'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 New Millennium Secondary District?
New Millennium Secondary District has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 151 students.
How much does New Millennium Secondary District spend per student?
New Millennium Secondary District spends $12,833 per student.
What is the demographic composition of New Millennium Secondary District?
New Millennium Secondary District students are 53.4% Hispanic or Latino, 35.3% African American, 1.7% White, 1.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.