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San Bernardino, California - 1 schools
At $14,938 per pupil, Woodward Leadership Academy District ranks #981 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Woodward Leadership Academy District operates 1 public schools serving 84 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 Bernardino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,938 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 3.1% local, 78.0% state, and 18.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 69:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 58.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.6% African American, 26.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Woodward Leadership Academy, enrolling 69 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Woodward Leadership Academy accounts for 82.1% of all Woodward Leadership Academy District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Woodward Leadership Academy District a distant remainder — means Woodward Leadership Academy District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Woodward Leadership Academy District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 98.8% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Woodward Leadership Academy District student-counselor ratio is 69:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Woodward Leadership Academy District chronic absenteeism rate is 58.0% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Woodward Leadership Academy 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 Woodward Leadership Academy District?
Woodward Leadership Academy District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 84 students.
How much does Woodward Leadership Academy District spend per student?
Woodward Leadership Academy District spends $14,938 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Woodward Leadership Academy District?
Woodward Leadership Academy District students are 69.6% African American, 26.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.