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Rialto, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Vista Norte Public Charter District #584 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,495 per pupil, Vista Norte Public Charter District ranks #860 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Vista Norte Public Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 631 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 Bernardino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,495 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 1.4% local, 87.9% state, and 10.6% 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 57/100, ranked #584 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.
a 333.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 59.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Its largest campus is Vista Norte Public Charter, enrolling 667 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Vista Norte Public Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Vista Norte Public Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Vista Norte Public Charter District a distant remainder — means Vista Norte Public 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.
Vista Norte Public Charter District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 71.2% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Vista Norte Public Charter District student-counselor ratio is 334:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Vista Norte Public Charter District is typically wider than the Vista Norte Public Charter District-aggregate figure suggests.
Vista Norte Public Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 59.4% — 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 Vista Norte Public Charter District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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