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Pacoima, California - 1 schools
At $20,111 per pupil, Puc Inspire Charter Academy District ranks #232 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Puc Inspire Charter Academy District operates 1 public schools serving 195 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,111 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 24.3% local, 48.6% state, and 27.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 31.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American, 0.5% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Puc Inspire Charter Academy, enrolling 210 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Puc Inspire Charter Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Puc Inspire Charter Academy District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Puc Inspire Charter Academy District a distant remainder — means Puc Inspire Charter Academy District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Puc Inspire Charter Academy District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 91.3% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Puc Inspire Charter Academy District chronic absenteeism rate is 31.4% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Puc Inspire Charter Academy District'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 Puc Inspire Charter Academy District?
Puc Inspire Charter Academy District has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 195 students.
How much does Puc Inspire Charter Academy District spend per student?
Puc Inspire Charter Academy District spends $20,111 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Puc Inspire Charter Academy District?
Puc Inspire Charter Academy District students are 97.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American, 0.5% White, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.