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Huntington Beach, California - 14 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Ocean View #1159 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,035 per pupil, Ocean View ranks #965 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,809
Total Enrollment
14
Schools
$15,035
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ocean View operates 14 public schools serving 6,809 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 elementary, 4 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,035 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 54.7% local, 33.6% state, and 11.6% 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 34/100, ranked #1159 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.
a 1526.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.9% Hispanic or Latino, 31.5% White, 14.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Circle View Elementary, with a diversity index of 71.8/100.
Its largest campus is Mesa View Middle, enrolling 817 students (11% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Village View Elementary, at 236 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ocean View school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
Ocean View school enrollment ranges from 236 students (lowest) to 817 students (highest), a spread of 581 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ocean View student-counselor ratio is 1527:1 — 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.
Ocean View chronic absenteeism rate is 22.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Ocean View is typically wider than the Ocean View-aggregate figure suggests.