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Yreka, California - 3 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Yreka Union High #545 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,253 per pupil, Yreka Union High ranks #911 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
733
Total Enrollment
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$15,253
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Yreka Union High operates 3 public schools serving 733 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 high 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 $15,253 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 39.5% local, 51.2% state, and 9.3% 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 58/100, ranked #545 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 204:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 46.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.2% White, 9.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Yreka High, with a diversity index of 61.7/100.
Its largest campus is Yreka High, enrolling 612 students (94% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Yreka Union High Community Day, at 9 students, a 68x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Yreka High accounts for 83.5% of all Yreka Union High student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Yreka Union High a distant remainder — means Yreka Union High-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.
Yreka Union High school enrollment varies 68× across entities
Yreka Union High school enrollment ranges from 9 students (lowest) to 612 students (highest), a spread of 603 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 High has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 57.1% 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.
Yreka Union High student-counselor ratio is 204:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Yreka Union High chronic absenteeism rate is 46.6% — 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 High has 3 schools, including 3 high. Total enrollment is 733 students.
How much does Yreka Union High spend per student?
Yreka Union High spends $15,253 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #545 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Yreka Union High?
Yreka Union High students are 64.2% White, 9.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Yreka Union High?
Yreka Union High has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #545 out of 1517 districts in California.