An equity score of 74/100 ranks Parlier Unified #192 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,101 per pupil, Parlier Unified ranks #801 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,322
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$18,101
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Parlier Unified operates 7 public schools serving 3,322 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Fresno County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,101 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 12.6% local, 73.9% state, and 13.4% 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 74/100, ranked #192 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 302.6:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 56.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% White, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cesar E Chavez Elementary, with a diversity index of 6.2/100.
Its largest campus is Parlier High, enrolling 901 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is San Joaquin Valley High, at 50 students, a 18x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Parlier High accounts for 27.1% of all Parlier Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Parlier Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Parlier Unified school enrollment varies 18× across entities
Parlier Unified school enrollment ranges from 50 students (lowest) to 901 students (highest), a spread of 851 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Parlier Unified student-counselor ratio is 303:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Parlier Unified is typically wider than the Parlier Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Parlier Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 56.8% — 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.