At $23,800 per pupil, Willow Grove Union Elementary ranks #204 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Willow Grove Union Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 20 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Benito County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,800 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 77.8% local, 17.3% state, and 4.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 19.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.9% Hispanic or Latino, 33.3% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Willow Grove Elementary, enrolling 21 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 15% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (20 to 23 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 1.5 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $568,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 50.2% went to instruction, 33.5% to support services, and 10.9% 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.
Willow Grove Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Willow Grove Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Willow Grove Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Willow Grove 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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Willow Grove Union Elementary reports 70.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Willow Grove Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 19.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Willow Grove Union Elementary is typically wider than the Willow Grove Union Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Willow Grove Union Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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