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Lost Hills, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District #343 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,642 per pupil, Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District ranks #604 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District operates 1 public schools serving 504 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 Kern County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,642 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 29.6% local, 63.0% state, and 7.4% 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 67/100, ranked #343 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 535:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% White, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills accounts for 100.0% of all Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District a distant remainder — means Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills 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.
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.7% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District student-counselor ratio is 535:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District chronic absenteeism rate is 20.4% — 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 Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District is typically wider than the Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills 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 Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District?
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 504 students.
How much does Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District spend per student?
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District spends $16,642 per student. The district has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #343 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District?
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District students are 97.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% White, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District?
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #343 out of 1517 districts in California.