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San Miguel, California - 1 schools
At $20,185 per pupil, Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary ranks #228 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$20,185
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 55 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 San Luis Obispo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,185 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 69.0% local, 23.4% state, and 7.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 31.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.8% White, 25.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pleasant Valley Elementary, enrolling 58 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Pleasant Valley Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary-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.
Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 31.0% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary'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 Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary?
Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 55 students.
How much does Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary spend per student?
Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary spends $20,185 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary?
Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary students are 63.8% White, 25.9% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.