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Los Angeles, California - 1 schools
At $10,861 per pupil, Siatech Academy South District ranks #1729 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Siatech Academy South District operates 1 public schools serving 148 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,861 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 3.8% local, 92.1% state, and 4.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 97:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 89.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% African American, 1.5% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Siatech Academy South, enrolling 194 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Siatech Academy South accounts for 100.0% of all Siatech Academy South District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Siatech Academy South District a distant remainder — means Siatech Academy South 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.
Siatech Academy South District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 68.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Siatech Academy South District student-counselor ratio is 97:1 — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Siatech Academy South 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 Siatech Academy South District?
Siatech Academy South District has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 148 students.
How much does Siatech Academy South District spend per student?
Siatech Academy South District spends $10,861 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Siatech Academy South District?
Siatech Academy South District students are 89.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% African American, 1.5% White, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.