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Phelan, California - 12 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Snowline Joint Unified #815 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,967 per pupil, Snowline Joint Unified ranks #1421 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,961
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$12,967
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Snowline Joint Unified operates 12 public schools serving 7,961 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle, 2 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in San Bernardino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,967 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 14.8% local, 76.7% state, and 8.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #815 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 500.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 38.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.9% Hispanic or Latino, 24.6% White, 6.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Heritage, with a diversity index of 64.5/100.
Its largest campus is Serrano High, enrolling 2,163 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Eagle Summit Community Day, at 24 students, a 90x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Serrano High accounts for 26.8% of all Snowline Joint Unified student enrollment
That concentration means Snowline Joint Unified-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.
Snowline Joint Unified school enrollment varies 90× across entities
Snowline Joint Unified school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 2,163 students (highest), a spread of 2,139 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Snowline Joint Unified has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.9% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Snowline Joint Unified student-counselor ratio is 501:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Snowline Joint Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 38.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.