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Santa Paula, California - 1 schools
At $14,145 per pupil, Santa Clara Elementary ranks #1171 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$14,145
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Santa Clara Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 54 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 Ventura County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,145 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 36.0% local, 58.6% state, and 5.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 15.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.9% White, 45.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Santa Clara Elementary, enrolling 53 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Santa Clara Elementary accounts for 98.1% of all Santa Clara Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Santa Clara Elementary a distant remainder — means Santa Clara Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Santa Clara Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 15.1% — 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 Santa Clara Elementary is typically wider than the Santa Clara Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.