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Lakeside, California - 1 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
River Valley Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 228 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 San Diego County.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 231:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 6.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.7% White, 24.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is River Valley Charter, enrolling 231 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
River Valley Charter accounts for 100.0% of all River Valley Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of River Valley Charter District a distant remainder — means River Valley Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
River Valley Charter District student-counselor ratio is 231:1 — 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.
River Valley Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 6.1% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to River Valley 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 Valley Charter District?
River Valley Charter District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 228 students.
What is the demographic composition of River Valley Charter District?
River Valley Charter District students are 68.7% White, 24.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% African American, 1.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.