An equity score of 57/100 ranks Willits Unified #582 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,364 per pupil, Willits Unified ranks #934 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,534
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$17,364
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Willits Unified operates 6 public schools serving 1,534 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high, 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 Mendocino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,364 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 27.1% local, 57.1% state, and 15.8% 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 57/100, ranked #582 of 1526 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 338.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 64.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 32.1% White, 30.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Willits High, with a diversity index of 69.9/100.
Its largest campus is Willits High, enrolling 397 students (26% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sanhedrin Alternative, at 57 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Willits High accounts for 25.9% of all Willits Unified student enrollment
That concentration means Willits Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Willits Unified school enrollment varies 7.0× across entities
Willits Unified school enrollment ranges from 57 students (lowest) to 397 students (highest), a spread of 340 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Willits Unified student-counselor ratio is 339:1 — 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 Willits Unified is typically wider than the Willits Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Willits Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 64.9% — 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.