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Santa Barbara, California - 1 schools
At $15,688 per pupil, Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District ranks #810 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
80
Total Enrollment
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$15,688
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District operates 1 public schools serving 80 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 $15,688 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 53.8% local, 25.0% state, and 21.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 37:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 31.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.2% Hispanic or Latino, 23.6% White, 1.4% African American across the district's schools.
Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara accounts for 92.5% of all Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District a distant remainder — means Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District student-counselor ratio is 37:1 — 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 - Santa Barbara District chronic absenteeism rate is 31.1% — 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 - Santa Barbara 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 - Santa Barbara District?
Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 80 students.
How much does Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District spend per student?
Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District spends $15,688 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District?
Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District students are 72.2% Hispanic or Latino, 23.6% White, 1.4% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.