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Woodlake, California - 6 schools
An equity score of 78/100 ranks Woodlake Unified #120 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,998 per pupil, Woodlake Unified ranks #537 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,099
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$16,998
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Woodlake Unified operates 6 public schools serving 2,099 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 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 Tulare County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,998 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 15.9% local, 69.8% state, and 14.3% 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 78/100, ranked #120 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 300.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 34.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% White, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Woodlake Community Day, with a diversity index of 37.9/100.
Its largest campus is Woodlake High, enrolling 646 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Woodlake Community Day, at 13 students, a 50x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Woodlake High accounts for 30.8% of all Woodlake Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Woodlake 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.
Woodlake Unified school enrollment varies 50× across entities
Woodlake Unified school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 646 students (highest), a spread of 633 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.
Woodlake Unified has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 82.2% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — 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.
Woodlake Unified student-counselor ratio is 301:1 — 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 Woodlake Unified is typically wider than the Woodlake Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Woodlake Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 34.5% — 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.