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San Diego, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Urban Discovery Academy Charter District #921 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,668 per pupil, Urban Discovery Academy Charter District ranks #1285 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Urban Discovery Academy Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 382 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 San Diego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,668 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 51.6% local, 35.0% state, and 13.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 44/100, ranked #921 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 51.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% White, 14.2% African American across the district's schools.
Urban Discovery Academy Charter accounts for 86.4% of all Urban Discovery Academy Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Urban Discovery Academy Charter District a distant remainder — means Urban Discovery Academy Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Urban Discovery Academy Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 51.2% — 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 Urban Discovery Academy 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 Urban Discovery Academy Charter District?
Urban Discovery Academy Charter District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 382 students.
How much does Urban Discovery Academy Charter District spend per student?
Urban Discovery Academy Charter District spends $13,668 per student. The district has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #921 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Urban Discovery Academy Charter District?
Urban Discovery Academy Charter District students are 57.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% White, 14.2% African American, 2.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Urban Discovery Academy Charter District?
Urban Discovery Academy Charter District has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #921 out of 1517 districts in California.