At $23,735 per pupil, San Diego Mission Academy District ranks #209 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
San Diego Mission Academy District operates 1 public schools serving 151 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 San Diego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,735 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 4.2% local, 83.8% state, and 12.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 289:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 52.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.1% Hispanic or Latino, 25.8% White, 7.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is San Diego Mission Academy, enrolling 289 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 20.5% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (151 to 182 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 4.5 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,633,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 47.2% went to instruction, 51.5% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
San Diego Mission Academy accounts for 100.0% of all San Diego Mission Academy District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of San Diego Mission Academy District a distant remainder — means San Diego Mission Academy District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
San Diego Mission Academy District reports 55.6% free-lunch eligibility
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.
San Diego Mission Academy District student-counselor ratio is 289:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within San Diego Mission Academy District is typically wider than the San Diego Mission Academy District-aggregate figure suggests.
San Diego Mission Academy District chronic absenteeism rate is 52.6% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to San Diego Mission Academy District'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 San Diego Mission Academy District?
San Diego Mission Academy District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 151 students.
How much does San Diego Mission Academy District spend per student?
San Diego Mission Academy District spends $23,735 per student.
What is the demographic composition of San Diego Mission Academy District?
San Diego Mission Academy District students are 49.1% Hispanic or Latino, 25.8% White, 7.0% African American, 2.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.