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Pollock Pines, California - 2 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Pollock Pines Elementary #1166 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,528 per pupil, Pollock Pines Elementary ranks #1512 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
590
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,528
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pollock Pines Elementary operates 2 public schools serving 590 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 El Dorado County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,528 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 38.7% local, 52.1% state, and 9.2% 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 #1166 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.
and 40.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.5% White, 21.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pinewood Elementary, enrolling 339 students (58% of the district's total enrollment).
Pinewood Elementary accounts for 57.5% of all Pollock Pines Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pollock Pines Elementary a distant remainder — means Pollock Pines 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.
Pollock Pines Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 40.4% — 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.