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Redwood City, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Summit Preparatory Charter High District #1104 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,849 per pupil, Summit Preparatory Charter High District ranks #1450 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
389
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$12,849
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Summit Preparatory Charter High District operates 1 public schools serving 389 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 San Mateo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,849 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 73.9% local, 17.1% state, and 9.0% 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 37/100, ranked #1104 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), and 70.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% White, 4.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Summit Preparatory Charter High accounts for 75.3% of all Summit Preparatory Charter High District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Summit Preparatory Charter High District a distant remainder — means Summit Preparatory Charter High District-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.
Summit Preparatory Charter High District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 50.4% 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.
Summit Preparatory Charter High District chronic absenteeism rate is 70.6% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Summit Preparatory Charter High District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Summit Preparatory Charter High District?
Summit Preparatory Charter High District has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 389 students.
How much does Summit Preparatory Charter High District spend per student?
Summit Preparatory Charter High District spends $12,849 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #1104 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Summit Preparatory Charter High District?
Summit Preparatory Charter High District students are 83.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% White, 4.1% Asian, 1.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Summit Preparatory Charter High District?
Summit Preparatory Charter High District has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #1104 out of 1517 districts in California.