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Tracy, California - 19 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Tracy Joint Unified #960 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,818 per pupil, Tracy Joint Unified ranks #1250 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
Tracy Joint Unified operates 19 public schools serving 13,925 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 elementary, 4 high, 2 middle, 2 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in San Joaquin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,818 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 29.5% local, 61.7% state, and 8.8% 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 42/100, ranked #960 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 4 of 19 schools offering Advanced Placement (35 AP courses district-wide), a 665.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.9% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% Asian, 13.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is George Kelly Elementary, with a diversity index of 71.9/100.
Its largest campus is Merrill F. West High, enrolling 1,920 students (14% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Duncan-Russell Community Day, at 22 students, a 87x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tracy Joint Unified school enrollment ranges from 22 students (lowest) to 1,920 students (highest), a spread of 1,898 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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 NCES Common Core of Data
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.
Source: ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system
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.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection NCES Civil Rights Data Collection
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22
This district has moderate funding equity. There may be room to improve funding diversity or resource allocation.
Average demographic composition across 19 schools in Tracy Joint Unified.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Tracy Joint Unified's schools, above the California average of 46.0.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Merrill F. West High | 1,920 |
| Tracy High | 1,739 |
| John C. Kimball High | 1,587 |
| George Kelly Elementary | 929 |
| South/West Park Elementary | 806 |
| Art Freiler | 772 |
| Earle E. Williams Middle | 762 |
| Monte Vista Middle | 738 |
| North Elementary | 722 |
| Melville S. Jacobson Elementary | 644 |
| Gladys Poet-Christian Elementary | 555 |
| Central Elementary | 491 |
| Mckinley Elementary | 436 |
| Louis J. Villalovoz Elementary | 411 |
| Louis a. Bohn Elementary | 397 |
| Wanda Hirsch Elementary | 359 |
| Tracy Independent Study Charter Charter | 359 |
| George and Evelyn Stein Continuation | 121 |
| Duncan-Russell Community Day | 22 |
The California districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara Unified | Similar size | Higher spending | More locally funded |
| Ceres Unified | Similar size | Higher spending | Less locally funded |
| Pleasanton Unified | Similar size | Similar spending | More locally funded |
| Lancaster Elementary | Similar size | Higher spending | Less locally funded |
| Modesto City Elementary | Similar size | No spending data | No revenue-mix data |
Comparisons are relative to Tracy Joint Unified's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Los Angeles Unified →Tracy Joint Unified has 19 schools, including 4 high, 11 elementary, 2 middle, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 13,925 students.
Tracy Joint Unified spends $13,818 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #960 in California.
Tracy Joint Unified students are 55.9% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% Asian, 13.3% White, 6.6% African American, averaged across 19 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Tracy Joint Unified has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #960 out of 1517 districts in California.
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