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Soulsbyville, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Soulsbyville Elementary #1169 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,929 per pupil, Soulsbyville Elementary ranks #1432 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Soulsbyville Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 484 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 $12,929 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 33.0% local, 58.2% state, and 8.9% 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 34/100, ranked #1169 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.
and 29.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.9% White, 15.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Soulsbyville Elementary, enrolling 498 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Soulsbyville Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Soulsbyville Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Soulsbyville Elementary a distant remainder — means Soulsbyville Elementary-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.
Soulsbyville Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 29.9% — 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 Soulsbyville Elementary is typically wider than the Soulsbyville Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.