At $14,846 per pupil, Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District ranks #1410 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$14,846
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District operates 1 public schools serving 39 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Santa Barbara County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,846 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 55.0% local, 34.3% state, and 10.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 17:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 17.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.5% Hispanic or Latino, 42.4% White across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 25.6% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (39 to 29 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 1.5 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $646,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 50.9% went to instruction, 37.6% to support services, and 1.4% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Olive Grove Charter - Buellton accounts for 87.2% of all Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District a distant remainder — means Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District student-counselor ratio is 17:1 — 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.
Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District chronic absenteeism rate is 17.6% — 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 Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District is typically wider than the Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Olive Grove Charter - Buellton 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 Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District?
Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 39 students.
How much does Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District spend per student?
Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District spends $14,846 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District?
Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District students are 48.5% Hispanic or Latino, 42.4% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.