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Somis, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Somis Union #777 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,321 per pupil, Somis Union ranks #670 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
240
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$16,321
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Somis Union operates 1 public schools serving 240 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 Ventura County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,321 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 70.1% local, 20.1% state, and 9.8% 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 50/100, ranked #777 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.
a 270:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 18.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.6% Hispanic or Latino, 18.5% White, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Somis Elementary, enrolling 270 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Somis Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Somis Union student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Somis Union a distant remainder — means Somis Union-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.
Somis Union has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 64.2% 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.
Somis Union student-counselor ratio is 270:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Somis Union is typically wider than the Somis Union-aggregate figure suggests.
Somis Union chronic absenteeism rate is 18.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Somis Union is typically wider than the Somis Union-aggregate figure suggests.