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Los Angeles, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 89/100 ranks Today's Fresh Start-Compton District #14 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,061 per pupil, Today's Fresh Start-Compton District ranks #392 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Today's Fresh Start-Compton District operates 1 public schools serving 444 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 Los Angeles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,061 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 11.9% local, 71.5% state, and 16.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 89/100, ranked #14 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.
a 187:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 93.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.9% African American, 44.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Today's Fresh Start-Compton, enrolling 374 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Today's Fresh Start-Compton accounts for 84.2% of all Today's Fresh Start-Compton District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Today's Fresh Start-Compton District a distant remainder — means Today's Fresh Start-Compton 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.
Today's Fresh Start-Compton District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 89.6% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Today's Fresh Start-Compton District student-counselor ratio is 187:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Today's Fresh Start-Compton District chronic absenteeism rate is 93.0% — 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 Today's Fresh Start-Compton 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 Today's Fresh Start-Compton District?
Today's Fresh Start-Compton District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 444 students.
How much does Today's Fresh Start-Compton District spend per student?
Today's Fresh Start-Compton District spends $18,061 per student. The district has an equity score of 89/100, ranking #14 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Today's Fresh Start-Compton District?
Today's Fresh Start-Compton District students are 51.9% African American, 44.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Today's Fresh Start-Compton District?
Today's Fresh Start-Compton District has an equity score of 89/100, ranking #14 out of 1517 districts in California.