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Duarte, California - 1 schools
At $41,301 per pupil, Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District ranks #24 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$41,301
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District operates 1 public schools serving 88 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $41,301 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 16.3% local, 83.7% state, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 224:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 42.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.4% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% White, 5.0% African American across the district's schools.
Opportunities for Learning - Duarte accounts for 100.0% of all Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District a distant remainder — means Opportunities for Learning - Duarte 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.
Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 59.1% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District student-counselor ratio is 224:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District chronic absenteeism rate is 42.0% — 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 Opportunities for Learning - Duarte 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 Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District?
Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 88 students.
How much does Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District spend per student?
Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District spends $41,301 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District?
Opportunities for Learning - Duarte District students are 73.4% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% White, 5.0% African American, 2.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.