At $20,333 per pupil, Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District ranks #448 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District operates 1 public schools serving 183 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 Kern County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,333 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 16.1% local, 58.8% state, and 25.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 239:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 52.3% Hispanic or Latino, 28.5% White, 6.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 22.4% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (183 to 224 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 3.2 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,771,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 54.1% went to instruction, 40.5% to support services, and 1.3% 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.
Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci accounts for 100.0% of all Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District a distant remainder — means Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District-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.
Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District student-counselor ratio is 239:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci 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 Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District?
Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 183 students.
How much does Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District spend per student?
Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District spends $20,333 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District?
Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci District students are 52.3% Hispanic or Latino, 28.5% White, 6.3% Asian, 5.4% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.