An equity score of 37/100 ranks Twin Hills Union Elementary #1081 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,776 per pupil, Twin Hills Union Elementary ranks #1229 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
959
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,776
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Twin Hills Union Elementary operates 4 public schools serving 959 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Sonoma County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,776 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 43.1% local, 53.5% state, and 3.3% 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 37/100, ranked #1081 of 1526 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.
a 207:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 31.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.8% White, 20.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Twin Hills Charter Middle, with a diversity index of 57.1/100.
Its largest campus is Apple Blossom, enrolling 305 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (959 to 957 students, -0.2%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $15,692,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 60.3% went to instruction, 32.2% to support services, and 0.2% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Apple Blossom accounts for 30.7% of all Twin Hills Union Elementary student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Twin Hills Union Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Twin Hills Union Elementary student-counselor ratio is 207:1 — 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.
Twin Hills Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 31.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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.