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Mount Shasta, California - 4 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Siskiyou Union High #340 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,426 per pupil, Siskiyou Union High ranks #352 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
531
Total Enrollment
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$18,426
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Siskiyou Union High operates 4 public schools serving 531 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 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 Siskiyou County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,426 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 54.0% local, 42.2% state, and 3.8% 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 67/100, ranked #340 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 176:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 66.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.6% White, 11.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Happy Camp High, with a diversity index of 73.2/100.
Its largest campus is Mount Shasta High, enrolling 241 students (51% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mccloud High, at 7 students, a 34x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mount Shasta High accounts for 45.4% of all Siskiyou Union High student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Siskiyou Union High a distant remainder — means Siskiyou Union High-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.
Siskiyou Union High school enrollment varies 34× across entities
Siskiyou Union High school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 241 students (highest), a spread of 234 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Siskiyou Union High student-counselor ratio is 176:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Siskiyou Union High chronic absenteeism rate is 66.4% — 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.
Siskiyou Union High has 4 schools, including 4 high. Total enrollment is 531 students.
How much does Siskiyou Union High spend per student?
Siskiyou Union High spends $18,426 per student. The district has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #340 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Siskiyou Union High?
Siskiyou Union High students are 57.6% White, 11.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Siskiyou Union High?
Siskiyou Union High has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #340 out of 1517 districts in California.