Sutter County Office of Education

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Yuba City, California - 3 schools

376
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types

District-Level NCES Analysis

Sutter County Office of Education operates 3 public schools serving 376 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Sutter County.

The funding mix is 25.3% local, 59.8% state, and 15.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.

a 62.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 66.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.6% Hispanic or Latino, 29.0% White, 7.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sutter County Special Education, with a diversity index of 67.6/100.

Its largest campus is Sutter County Special Education, enrolling 332 students (87% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pathways Charter Academy, at 19 students, a 17x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.

Sutter County Special Education accounts for 86.9% of all Sutter County Office of Education student enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sutter County Office of Education a distant remainder — means Sutter County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Sutter County Office of Education school enrollment varies 17× across entities

Sutter County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 19 students (lowest) to 332 students (highest), a spread of 313 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Sutter County Office of Education reports 72.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Sutter County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 63:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection

Sutter County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 66.3% — 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.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22

Where does the funding come from?

15.0%
Federal
59.8%
State
25.3%
Local

Student Demographics

Average demographic composition across 3 schools in Sutter County Office of Education.

White 29.0%
Hispanic or Latino 54.6%
African American 6.9%
Asian 7.7%
Multiracial 1.5%

Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.

Student-body diversity

Average diversity index 59.3/100

Average Simpson diversity index across Sutter County Office of Education's schools, above the California average of 46.0.

Most mixed schools

  1. 1 Sutter County Special Education 67.6
  2. 2 Feather River Academy 57.9
  3. 3 Pathways Charter Academy 52.6

Programs & Resources

62.5:1
Student-Counselor Ratio
66.3%
Chronically Absent

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.

Schools in Sutter County Office of Education

School Enrollment
Sutter County Special Education
332
Feather River Academy
31
Pathways Charter Academy
Charter
19

How Sutter County Office of Education Compares to Similar-Size Districts

The California districts closest to this one in total enrollment.

District Enrollment Spending Funding Mix
High Tech Elementary Explorer District Similar size No spending data More locally funded
Icef Inglewood Elementary Charter Academy District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Icef View Park Preparatory High District Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix
Isana Octavia Academy District Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix
Gabriella Charter 2 District Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix

Comparisons are relative to Sutter County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many schools are in Sutter County Office of Education?

Sutter County Office of Education has 3 schools, including 3 combined. Total enrollment is 376 students.

What is the demographic composition of Sutter County Office of Education?

Sutter County Office of Education students are 54.6% Hispanic or Latino, 29.0% White, 7.7% Asian, 6.9% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.