An equity score of 41/100 ranks Rockford Elementary #982 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,852 per pupil, Rockford Elementary ranks #1705 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
310
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$12,852
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rockford Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 310 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 Tulare County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,852 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 6.8% local, 77.2% state, and 16.0% 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 41/100, ranked #982 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.
and 12.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.2% Hispanic or Latino, 40.5% White, 3.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rockford Elementary, enrolling 301 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Rockford Elementary accounts for 97.1% of all Rockford Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rockford Elementary a distant remainder — means Rockford Elementary-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.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Rockford Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 12.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.