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Anaheim, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Palm Lane Elementary Charter District #677 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,993 per pupil, Palm Lane Elementary Charter District ranks #974 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Palm Lane Elementary Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 273 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,993 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 41.9% local, 48.3% state, and 9.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 54/100, ranked #677 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.
and 43.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% White, 2.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Palm Lane Global Academy, enrolling 288 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Palm Lane Global Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Palm Lane Elementary Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Palm Lane Elementary Charter District a distant remainder — means Palm Lane Elementary Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Palm Lane Elementary Charter District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 79.5% 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 — including this one — 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.
Palm Lane Elementary Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 43.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Palm Lane Elementary Charter 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 Palm Lane Elementary Charter District?
Palm Lane Elementary Charter District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 273 students.
How much does Palm Lane Elementary Charter District spend per student?
Palm Lane Elementary Charter District spends $14,993 per student. The district has an equity score of 54/100, ranking #677 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Palm Lane Elementary Charter District?
Palm Lane Elementary Charter District students are 80.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% White, 2.8% Asian, 2.4% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Palm Lane Elementary Charter District?
Palm Lane Elementary Charter District has an equity score of 54/100, ranking #677 out of 1517 districts in California.