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Tuolumne, California - 6 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Summerville Union High #547 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,295 per pupil, Summerville Union High ranks #676 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
668
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$16,295
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Summerville Union High operates 6 public schools serving 668 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 high, 1 combined 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 $16,295 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 47.7% local, 46.8% state, and 5.5% 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 58/100, ranked #547 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), and 54.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.6% White, 15.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South Fork High, with a diversity index of 62.5/100.
Its largest campus is Summerville High, enrolling 508 students (79% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Cold Springs High, at 2 students, a 254x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Summerville High accounts for 76.0% of all Summerville Union High student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Summerville Union High a distant remainder — means Summerville 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.
Summerville Union High school enrollment varies 254× across entities
Summerville Union High school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 508 students (highest), a spread of 506 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.
Summerville Union High chronic absenteeism rate is 54.9% — 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.
Summerville Union High has 6 schools, including 5 high, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 668 students.
How much does Summerville Union High spend per student?
Summerville Union High spends $16,295 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #547 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Summerville Union High?
Summerville Union High students are 61.6% White, 15.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% African American, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Summerville Union High?
Summerville Union High has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #547 out of 1517 districts in California.