At $15,405 per pupil, Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary ranks #1297 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 79 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 Madera County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,405 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 46.4% local, 41.0% state, and 12.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 61.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.5% White, 34.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Raymond-Knowles Elementary, enrolling 88 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 3.8% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (79 to 82 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.8 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,307,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 45.4% went to instruction, 42.8% to support services, and 5.8% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Raymond-Knowles Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Raymond-Knowles 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.
Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary reports 55.7% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 61.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Raymond-Knowles 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 Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary?
Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 79 students.
How much does Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary spend per student?
Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary spends $15,405 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary?
Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary students are 45.5% White, 34.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.