An equity score of 42/100 ranks Rocketship Delta Prep District #952 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,192 per pupil, Rocketship Delta Prep District ranks #964 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rocketship Delta Prep District operates 1 public schools serving 573 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 Contra Costa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,192 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.0% local, 58.1% state, and 16.9% 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 42/100, ranked #952 of 1526 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.
a 291.9:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 48.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.1% Hispanic or Latino, 34.8% African American, 2.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rocketship Delta Prep, enrolling 540 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Rocketship Delta Prep accounts for 94.2% of all Rocketship Delta Prep District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rocketship Delta Prep District a distant remainder — means Rocketship Delta Prep 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.
Rocketship Delta Prep District reports 66.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Rocketship Delta Prep District student-counselor ratio is 292:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Rocketship Delta Prep District is typically wider than the Rocketship Delta Prep District-aggregate figure suggests.
Rocketship Delta Prep District chronic absenteeism rate is 48.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Rocketship Delta Prep District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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