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Windsor, California - 8 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Windsor Unified #934 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,106 per pupil, Windsor Unified ranks #1184 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,634
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$14,106
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Windsor Unified operates 8 public schools serving 4,634 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high, 2 combined, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $14,106 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 63.5% local, 29.8% state, and 6.7% 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 43/100, ranked #934 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 341.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.7% Hispanic or Latino, 35.8% White, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mattie Washburn Elementary, with a diversity index of 60.1/100.
Its largest campus is Windsor High, enrolling 1,700 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Windsor Oaks Academy, at 33 students, a 52x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Windsor High accounts for 36.5% of all Windsor Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Windsor Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Windsor Unified school enrollment varies 52× across entities
Windsor Unified school enrollment ranges from 33 students (lowest) to 1,700 students (highest), a spread of 1,667 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Windsor Unified student-counselor ratio is 341:1 — 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 Windsor Unified is typically wider than the Windsor Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Windsor Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 34.1% — 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.