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Oakdale, California - 9 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Oakdale Joint Unified #1138 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,700 per pupil, Oakdale Joint Unified ranks #1275 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,227
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$13,700
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Oakdale Joint Unified operates 9 public schools serving 5,227 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 $13,700 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 35.1% local, 53.7% state, and 11.1% 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 35/100, ranked #1138 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less 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 (13 AP courses district-wide), a 585.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.4% White, 44.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Magnolia Elementary, with a diversity index of 56.8/100.
Its largest campus is Oakdale High, enrolling 1,563 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Oakdale Charter, at 56 students, a 28x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Oakdale High accounts for 29.9% of all Oakdale Joint Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Oakdale Joint 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.
Oakdale Joint Unified school enrollment varies 28× across entities
Oakdale Joint Unified school enrollment ranges from 56 students (lowest) to 1,563 students (highest), a spread of 1,507 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.
Oakdale Joint Unified student-counselor ratio is 585:1 — 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.
Oakdale Joint Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 36.2% — 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.