At $10,377 per pupil, Outside Creek Elementary ranks #1860 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Outside Creek Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 130 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Tulare County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,377 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 10.7% local, 64.0% state, and 25.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 16.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% White, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Outside Creek Elementary, enrolling 125 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 8.5% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (130 to 141 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 2.3 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,349,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 64.3% went to instruction, 27.9% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Outside Creek Elementary accounts for 96.2% of all Outside Creek Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Outside Creek Elementary a distant remainder — means Outside Creek Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Outside Creek Elementary reports 56.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Outside Creek Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 16.0% — 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 Outside Creek Elementary is typically wider than the Outside Creek Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.
Outside Creek Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 130 students.
How much does Outside Creek Elementary spend per student?
Outside Creek Elementary spends $10,377 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Outside Creek Elementary?
Outside Creek Elementary students are 79.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% White, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.