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San Jose, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Rocketship Rising Stars District #970 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,668 per pupil, Rocketship Rising Stars District ranks #1036 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Rocketship Rising Stars District operates 1 public schools serving 593 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 Santa Clara County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,668 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 20.4% local, 70.6% state, and 9.0% 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 #970 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.
a 335.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 37.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.1% Hispanic or Latino, 32.0% Asian, 2.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rocketship Rising Stars, enrolling 621 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Rocketship Rising Stars accounts for 100.0% of all Rocketship Rising Stars District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rocketship Rising Stars District a distant remainder — means Rocketship Rising Stars District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Rocketship Rising Stars District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 60.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Rocketship Rising Stars District student-counselor ratio is 336:1 — 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 Rising Stars District is typically wider than the Rocketship Rising Stars District-aggregate figure suggests.
Rocketship Rising Stars District chronic absenteeism rate is 37.7% — 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 Rocketship Rising Stars District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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