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Raymond, California - 1 schools
At $18,812 per pupil, Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary ranks #304 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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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 $18,812 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 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).
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 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.
Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.7% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
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 $18,812 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.