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Petaluma, California - 1 schools
At $16,797 per pupil, River Montessori Elementary Charter District ranks #568 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
137
Total Enrollment
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$16,797
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
River Montessori Elementary Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 137 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 Sonoma County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,797 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 70.6% local, 24.3% state, and 5.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 38.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.3% White, 20.1% Hispanic or Latino, 5.6% Asian across the district's schools.
River Montessori Elementary Charter accounts for 100.0% of all River Montessori Elementary Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of River Montessori Elementary Charter District a distant remainder — means River Montessori Elementary Charter 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.
River Montessori Elementary Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 38.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to River Montessori Elementary Charter 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 River Montessori Elementary Charter District?
River Montessori Elementary Charter District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 137 students.
How much does River Montessori Elementary Charter District spend per student?
River Montessori Elementary Charter District spends $16,797 per student.
What is the demographic composition of River Montessori Elementary Charter District?
River Montessori Elementary Charter District students are 56.3% White, 20.1% Hispanic or Latino, 5.6% Asian, 2.1% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.