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Madera, California - 1 schools
At $11,901 per pupil, Sherman Thomas Charter High District ranks #1598 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
84
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$11,901
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sherman Thomas Charter High District operates 1 public schools serving 84 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Madera County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,901 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 12.4% local, 86.2% state, and 1.4% 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 49.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.5% Hispanic or Latino, 21.7% White, 2.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sherman Thomas Charter High, enrolling 69 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Sherman Thomas Charter High accounts for 82.1% of all Sherman Thomas Charter High District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sherman Thomas Charter High District a distant remainder — means Sherman Thomas Charter High District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Sherman Thomas Charter High District chronic absenteeism rate is 49.3% — 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 Sherman Thomas Charter High 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 Sherman Thomas Charter High District?
Sherman Thomas Charter High District has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 84 students.
How much does Sherman Thomas Charter High District spend per student?
Sherman Thomas Charter High District spends $11,901 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Sherman Thomas Charter High District?
Sherman Thomas Charter High District students are 72.5% Hispanic or Latino, 21.7% White, 2.9% African American, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.