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Yreka, California - 3 schools
An equity score of 70/100 ranks Yreka Union Elementary #267 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,310 per pupil, Yreka Union Elementary ranks #897 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Yreka Union Elementary operates 3 public schools serving 889 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Siskiyou County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,310 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 20.9% local, 62.3% state, and 16.7% 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 70/100, ranked #267 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.
and 76.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.8% White, 22.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.0% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Jackson Street Elementary, enrolling 438 students (62% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Yreka Community Day, at 4 students, a 110x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Jackson Street Elementary accounts for 49.3% of all Yreka Union Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Yreka Union Elementary a distant remainder — means Yreka Union Elementary-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.
Yreka Union Elementary school enrollment varies 110× across entities
Yreka Union Elementary school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 438 students (highest), a spread of 434 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Yreka Union Elementary has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 63.6% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Yreka Union Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 76.3% — 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.
Yreka Union Elementary has 3 schools, including 3 elementary. Total enrollment is 889 students.
How much does Yreka Union Elementary spend per student?
Yreka Union Elementary spends $15,310 per student. The district has an equity score of 70/100, ranking #267 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Yreka Union Elementary?
Yreka Union Elementary students are 51.8% White, 22.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.0% Asian, 1.1% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Yreka Union Elementary?
Yreka Union Elementary has an equity score of 70/100, ranking #267 out of 1517 districts in California.