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Rocklin, California - 18 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Rocklin Unified #1282 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,310 per pupil, Rocklin Unified ranks #1367 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,407
Total Enrollment
18
Schools
$13,310
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rocklin Unified operates 18 public schools serving 11,407 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 12 elementary, 3 high, 2 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Placer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,310 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 47.9% local, 44.1% state, and 8.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 28/100, ranked #1282 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 18 schools offering Advanced Placement (40 AP courses district-wide), a 391.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 28.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.4% White, 20.1% Hispanic or Latino, 11.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Quarry Trail Elementary, with a diversity index of 71.8/100.
Its largest campus is Whitney High, enrolling 2,041 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Rocklin Alternative Education Center, at 42 students, a 49x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Whitney High accounts for 17.6% of all Rocklin Unified student enrollment
That concentration means Rocklin Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Rocklin Unified school enrollment varies 49× across entities
Rocklin Unified school enrollment ranges from 42 students (lowest) to 2,041 students (highest), a spread of 1,999 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Rocklin Unified student-counselor ratio is 392:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Rocklin Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 28.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Rocklin Unified is typically wider than the Rocklin Unified-aggregate figure suggests.