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Wawona, California - 1 schools
At $16,429 per pupil, Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District ranks #647 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
13
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$16,429
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 13 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 Mariposa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,429 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 66.3% local, 33.7% state, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
. Demographically, the student body averages 66.7% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District a distant remainder — means Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter 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.
Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 53.8% 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). 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.
Comparisons are relative to Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter 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 Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District?
Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 13 students.
How much does Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District spend per student?
Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District spends $16,429 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District?
Yosemite-Wawona Elementary Charter District students are 66.7% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.