At $27,302 per pupil, Round Valley Joint Elementary ranks #130 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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$27,302
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Round Valley Joint Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 63 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 Inyo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $27,302 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 188 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 70.7% local, 20.4% state, and 9.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 23.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.1% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Round Valley Elementary, enrolling 68 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Round Valley Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Round Valley Joint Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Round Valley Joint Elementary a distant remainder — means Round Valley Joint 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.
Round Valley Joint Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 23.5% — 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 Round Valley Joint Elementary is typically wider than the Round Valley Joint Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Round Valley Joint Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Round Valley Joint Elementary?
Round Valley Joint Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 63 students.
How much does Round Valley Joint Elementary spend per student?
Round Valley Joint Elementary spends $27,302 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Round Valley Joint Elementary?
Round Valley Joint Elementary students are 72.1% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.