At $19,739 per pupil, Pond Union Elementary ranks #514 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
184
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$19,739
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pond Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 184 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 Kern County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,739 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 38.5% local, 46.4% state, and 15.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 21.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% White, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pond Elementary, enrolling 175 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Pond Elementary accounts for 95.1% of all Pond Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pond Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Pond Union Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Pond Union Elementary reports 83.2% 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.
Pond Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 21.7% — 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 Pond Union Elementary is typically wider than the Pond Union Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.
Pond Union Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 184 students.
How much does Pond Union Elementary spend per student?
Pond Union Elementary spends $19,739 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Pond Union Elementary?
Pond Union Elementary students are 91.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% White, 1.1% Asian, 0.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.