An equity score of 54/100 ranks Palo Verde Union Elementary #659 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,449 per pupil, Palo Verde Union Elementary ranks #1110 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
499
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$16,449
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Palo Verde Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 499 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 $16,449 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 9.0% local, 78.9% state, and 12.1% federal, 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 54/100, ranked #659 of 1526 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 35.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.0% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% White, 1.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Palo Verde Elementary, enrolling 511 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Palo Verde Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Palo Verde Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Palo Verde Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Palo Verde Union 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.
Palo Verde Union Elementary reports 53.9% 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.
Palo Verde Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 35.6% — 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.