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Carmichael, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Options for Youth-San Juan District #940 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,238 per pupil, Options for Youth-San Juan District ranks #1150 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Options for Youth-San Juan District operates 1 public schools serving 796 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 Sacramento County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,238 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 25.1% local, 74.9% state, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 43/100, ranked #940 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 360:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, . Demographically, the student body averages 35.2% Hispanic or Latino, 33.9% White, 13.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Options for Youth-San Juan, enrolling 720 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Options for Youth-San Juan accounts for 90.5% of all Options for Youth-San Juan District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Options for Youth-San Juan District a distant remainder — means Options for Youth-San Juan 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.
Options for Youth-San Juan District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 67.0% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Options for Youth-San Juan District student-counselor ratio is 360:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Options for Youth-San Juan 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 Options for Youth-San Juan District?
Options for Youth-San Juan District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 796 students.
How much does Options for Youth-San Juan District spend per student?
Options for Youth-San Juan District spends $14,238 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #940 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Options for Youth-San Juan District?
Options for Youth-San Juan District students are 35.2% Hispanic or Latino, 33.9% White, 13.4% African American, 3.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Options for Youth-San Juan District?
Options for Youth-San Juan District has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #940 out of 1517 districts in California.