At $27,891 per pupil, Paseo Grande Charter District ranks #122 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Paseo Grande Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 46 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 $27,891 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 13.6% local, 85.3% state, and 1.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 760:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.3% Hispanic or Latino, 27.3% White, 12.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Paseo Grande Charter, enrolling 152 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 93.5% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (46 to 89 students), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,294,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 46.1% went to instruction, 53% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Paseo Grande Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Paseo Grande Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Paseo Grande Charter District a distant remainder — means Paseo Grande Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Paseo Grande Charter District reports 76.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Paseo Grande Charter District student-counselor ratio is 760:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Paseo Grande Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 15.1% — 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 Paseo Grande Charter District is typically wider than the Paseo Grande Charter District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Paseo Grande 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 Paseo Grande Charter District?
Paseo Grande Charter District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 46 students.
How much does Paseo Grande Charter District spend per student?
Paseo Grande Charter District spends $27,891 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Paseo Grande Charter District?
Paseo Grande Charter District students are 43.3% Hispanic or Latino, 27.3% White, 12.7% African American, 2.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.