An equity score of 40/100 ranks Sonora Elementary #1004 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,377 per pupil, Sonora Elementary ranks #1496 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
724
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$14,377
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sonora Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 724 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 Tuolumne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,377 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 35.9% local, 43.4% state, and 20.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 40/100, ranked #1004 of 1526 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 803.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 48.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.9% White, 17.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sonora Elementary, enrolling 643 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Sonora Elementary accounts for 88.8% of all Sonora Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sonora Elementary a distant remainder — means Sonora Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Sonora Elementary student-counselor ratio is 804:1 — 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.
Sonora Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 48.4% — 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.