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Redlands, California - 25 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Redlands Unified #696 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,381 per pupil, Redlands Unified ranks #883 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
19,773
Total Enrollment
25
Schools
$15,381
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Redlands Unified operates 25 public schools serving 19,773 students, placing it in the mid-size range in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 16 elementary, 4 high, 4 middle, 1 combined schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in San Bernardino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,381 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 26.8% local, 61.8% state, and 11.4% 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 52/100, ranked #696 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 5 of 25 schools offering Advanced Placement (68 AP courses district-wide), a 353.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.8% Hispanic or Latino, 19.9% White, 8.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bryn Mawr Elementary, with a diversity index of 69.5/100.
Its largest campus is Redlands Senior High, enrolling 2,189 students (11% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Redlands Eacademy, at 151 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Redlands Unified school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Redlands Unified school enrollment ranges from 151 students (lowest) to 2,189 students (highest), a spread of 2,038 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Redlands Unified has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 54.3% 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). 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.
Redlands Unified student-counselor ratio is 353:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Redlands Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 26.3% — 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 Redlands Unified is typically wider than the Redlands Unified-aggregate figure suggests.