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Homeland, California - 6 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Romoland Elementary #1066 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,390 per pupil, Romoland Elementary ranks #1352 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,545
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$13,390
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Romoland Elementary operates 6 public schools serving 4,545 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 middle 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 Riverside County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,390 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 26.4% local, 62.7% state, and 10.8% 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 38/100, ranked #1066 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 782.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 37.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.8% Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% African American, 4.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mesa View Elementary, with a diversity index of 61.6/100.
Its largest campus is Ethan a Chase Middle, enrolling 1,447 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hillside Innovation Academy, at 155 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ethan a Chase Middle accounts for 30.2% of all Romoland Elementary student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Romoland Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Romoland Elementary school enrollment varies 9.3× across entities
Romoland Elementary school enrollment ranges from 155 students (lowest) to 1,447 students (highest), a spread of 1,292 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Romoland Elementary has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.9% 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.
Romoland Elementary student-counselor ratio is 783:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Romoland Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 37.5% — 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.