An equity score of 83/100 ranks Round Valley Unified #61 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,452 per pupil, Round Valley Unified ranks #160 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
436
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$25,452
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Round Valley Unified operates 3 public schools serving 436 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 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 Mendocino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,452 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 15.7% local, 61.2% state, and 23.1% 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 83/100, ranked #61 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 108.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 53.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 25.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Round Valley Elementary, with a diversity index of 58.5/100.
Its largest campus is Round Valley Elementary, enrolling 313 students (70% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Round Valley Continuation, at 21 students, a 15x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Round Valley Elementary accounts for 70.0% of all Round Valley Unified student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Round Valley Unified a distant remainder — means Round Valley Unified-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 Unified school enrollment varies 15× across entities
Round Valley Unified school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 313 students (highest), a spread of 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.
Round Valley Unified reports 90.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Round Valley Unified student-counselor ratio is 109:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Round Valley Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 53.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.