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Sunnyvale, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Summit Public School: Denali District #1222 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,619 per pupil, Summit Public School: Denali District ranks #830 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Summit Public School: Denali District operates 1 public schools serving 643 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Santa Clara County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,619 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 74.8% local, 18.4% state, and 6.8% 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 31/100, ranked #1222 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 25.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Its largest campus is Summit Public School: Denali, enrolling 643 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Summit Public School: Denali accounts for 100.0% of all Summit Public School: Denali District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Summit Public School: Denali District a distant remainder — means Summit Public School: Denali District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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 Public School: Denali District chronic absenteeism rate is 25.8% — 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 Summit Public School: Denali District is typically wider than the Summit Public School: Denali District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Summit Public School: Denali District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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