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Pleasanton, California - 16 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Pleasanton Unified #1158 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,686 per pupil, Pleasanton Unified ranks #1031 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
13,876
Total Enrollment
16
Schools
$14,686
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pleasanton Unified operates 16 public schools serving 13,876 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 elementary, 3 high, 3 middle, 1 combined 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 Alameda County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,686 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.8% local, 50.6% state, and 4.7% 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 34/100, ranked #1158 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 16 schools offering Advanced Placement (38 AP courses district-wide), a 584.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.6% Asian, 24.3% White, 12.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Village High, with a diversity index of 73.7/100.
Its largest campus is Amador Valley High, enrolling 2,583 students (19% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Village High, at 85 students, a 30x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Amador Valley High accounts for 18.6% of all Pleasanton Unified student enrollment
That concentration means Pleasanton Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Pleasanton Unified school enrollment varies 30× across entities
Pleasanton Unified school enrollment ranges from 85 students (lowest) to 2,583 students (highest), a spread of 2,498 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Pleasanton Unified student-counselor ratio is 585:1 — 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.
Pleasanton Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 19.0% — 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 Pleasanton Unified is typically wider than the Pleasanton Unified-aggregate figure suggests.