An equity score of 57/100 ranks Pittsburg Unified #572 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,011 per pupil, Pittsburg Unified ranks #819 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
10,665
Total Enrollment
13
Schools
$18,011
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pittsburg Unified operates 13 public schools serving 10,665 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 elementary, 3 middle, 2 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Contra Costa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,011 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 25.7% local, 65.3% state, and 9.0% 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 57/100, ranked #572 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 13 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 723.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 44.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.2% Hispanic or Latino, 15.2% African American, 7.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Stoneman Elementary, with a diversity index of 65.9/100.
Its largest campus is Pittsburg Senior High, enrolling 3,403 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Black Diamond High (Continuation), at 205 students, a 17x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pittsburg Senior High accounts for 31.9% of all Pittsburg Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Pittsburg 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.
Pittsburg Unified school enrollment varies 17× across entities
Pittsburg Unified school enrollment ranges from 205 students (lowest) to 3,403 students (highest), a spread of 3,198 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 sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Pittsburg Unified student-counselor ratio is 724:1 — 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.
Pittsburg Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 44.9% — 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.