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Huntington Beach, California - 1 schools
At $9,885 per pupil, Sycamore Creek Community Charter District ranks #1814 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$9,885
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Sycamore Creek Community Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 157 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,885 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 59.8% local, 31.9% state, and 8.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 632:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 36.7% White, 34.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Sycamore Creek Community Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Sycamore Creek Community Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sycamore Creek Community Charter District a distant remainder — means Sycamore Creek Community Charter District-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.
Sycamore Creek Community Charter District student-counselor ratio is 632:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Sycamore Creek Community Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 17.7% — 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 Sycamore Creek Community Charter District is typically wider than the Sycamore Creek Community Charter District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Sycamore Creek Community Charter 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 Sycamore Creek Community Charter District?
Sycamore Creek Community Charter District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 157 students.
How much does Sycamore Creek Community Charter District spend per student?
Sycamore Creek Community Charter District spends $9,885 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Sycamore Creek Community Charter District?
Sycamore Creek Community Charter District students are 36.7% White, 34.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% Asian, 1.9% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.