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Redondo Beach, California - 14 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Redondo Beach Unified #1374 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,593 per pupil, Redondo Beach Unified ranks #1494 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,541
Total Enrollment
14
Schools
$12,593
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Redondo Beach Unified operates 14 public schools serving 9,541 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 elementary, 3 high, 2 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,593 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.4% local, 40.7% state, and 7.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 23/100, ranked #1374 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 14 schools offering Advanced Placement (24 AP courses district-wide), a 587.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.1% White, 25.3% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Birney Elementary, with a diversity index of 74.7/100.
Its largest campus is Redondo Union High, enrolling 2,921 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Redondo Beach Learning Academy, at 6 students, a 487x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Redondo Union High accounts for 30.6% of all Redondo Beach Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Redondo Beach Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Redondo Beach Unified school enrollment varies 487× across entities
Redondo Beach Unified school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 2,921 students (highest), a spread of 2,915 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Redondo Beach Unified student-counselor ratio is 587:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Redondo Beach Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 14.2% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.