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Truckee, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 10/100 ranks Sierra Expeditionary Learning District #1507 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,505 per pupil, Sierra Expeditionary Learning District ranks #1764 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Sierra Expeditionary Learning District operates 1 public schools serving 211 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 Nevada County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,505 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 83.5% local, 13.8% state, and 2.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 10/100, ranked #1507 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 360:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 2.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.7% White, 31.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sierra Expeditionary Learning, enrolling 216 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Sierra Expeditionary Learning accounts for 100.0% of all Sierra Expeditionary Learning District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sierra Expeditionary Learning District a distant remainder — means Sierra Expeditionary Learning District-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.
Sierra Expeditionary Learning District student-counselor ratio is 360:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Sierra Expeditionary Learning District chronic absenteeism rate is 2.3% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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 Sierra Expeditionary Learning 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 Sierra Expeditionary Learning District?
Sierra Expeditionary Learning District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 211 students.
How much does Sierra Expeditionary Learning District spend per student?
Sierra Expeditionary Learning District spends $10,505 per student. The district has an equity score of 10/100, ranking #1507 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Sierra Expeditionary Learning District?
Sierra Expeditionary Learning District students are 59.7% White, 31.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sierra Expeditionary Learning District?
Sierra Expeditionary Learning District has an equity score of 10/100, ranking #1507 out of 1517 districts in California.