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Newman, California - 9 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Newman-Crows Landing Unified #447 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,160 per pupil, Newman-Crows Landing Unified ranks #933 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,189
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$15,160
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Newman-Crows Landing Unified operates 9 public schools serving 3,189 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 high, 2 combined, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Stanislaus County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,160 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 22.9% local, 65.0% state, and 12.1% 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 62/100, ranked #447 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 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 345.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 40.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.4% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% White, 2.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bonita Elementary, with a diversity index of 57.1/100.
Its largest campus is Orestimba High, enrolling 925 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Foothill Community Day, at 1 students, a 925x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Orestimba High accounts for 29.0% of all Newman-Crows Landing Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Newman-Crows Landing Unified-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.
Newman-Crows Landing Unified school enrollment varies 925× across entities
Newman-Crows Landing Unified school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 925 students (highest), a spread of 924 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.
Newman-Crows Landing Unified has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 54.4% 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 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.
Newman-Crows Landing Unified student-counselor ratio is 346:1 — 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 Newman-Crows Landing Unified is typically wider than the Newman-Crows Landing Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Newman-Crows Landing Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 40.3% — 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.