At $14,661 per pupil, Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc District ranks #1438 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc District operates 1 public schools serving 112 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 $14,661 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 7.8% local, 74.5% state, and 17.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 62.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.4% Hispanic or Latino, 20.2% White, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc, enrolling 125 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 2.7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (112 to 109 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 3.4 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,717,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 58.2% went to instruction, 36.2% to support services, and 1.2% 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 - Lompoc accounts for 100.0% of all Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc District a distant remainder — means Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc 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 - Lompoc District reports 71.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc District student-counselor ratio is 63:1 — 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 - Lompoc District chronic absenteeism rate is 32.8% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc 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 - Lompoc District?
Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 112 students.
How much does Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc District spend per student?
Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc District spends $14,661 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc District?
Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc District students are 73.4% Hispanic or Latino, 20.2% White, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.