AAV of the 2015–16 P-1 LCFF Fingertip Facts

Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) data summarized at the statewide level for 2015–16 First Principal (P-1) Apportionment.

Accessible Alternative Version (AAV) of the LCFF Statewide Fingertip Facts (PDF). Statewide data obtained from 2015–16 P-1 Apportionment Certified funding exhibits for all active LEAs for the complete fiscal year.

I. 2015–16 AT A GLANCE

LCFF Funding Sources	Amount
State General Fund	$30.9 Billion
EPA (Proposition 30)	$7.3 Billion
Local Revenue	$15.5 Billion
TOTAL	$53.7 Billion

LCFF Funding Recipients	Amount
School Districts	$48 Billion
Charter Schools	$4.7 Billion
County Offices of Education	$1 Billion
TOTAL	$53.7 Billion

LCFF Funding Detail

Sources (in dollars)	School Districts	Charter Schools	School District & Charter Subtotal	County Offices of Education (COEs)	Statewide Total
LCFF State Aid before Minimum State Aid (MSA)	$ 27,402,112,458	$ 2,885,254,801	$ 30,287,367,259	$ 420,739,956	$ 30,708,107,215
Additional State Aid for MSA Guarantee	102,177,123	740,586	102,917,709	44,792,072	147,709,781
Adjusted LCFF State Aid (subtotal)	27,504,289,581	2,885,995,387	30,390,284,968	465,532,028	30,855,816,996
Education Protection Account (EPA) State Aid	6,621,441,445	643,076,484	7,264,517,929	71,686,211	7,336,204,140
Local Revenue/In-Lieu of Property Taxes*	13,860,773,289	1,142,431,767	15,003,205,056	493,326,047	15,496,531,103
Total LCFF Funding Sources	$ 47,986,504,315	$ 4,671,503,638	$ 52,658,007,953	$ 1,030,544,286	$ 53,688,552,239

* Amount does not include excess local revenue.

Sources (percentage)	School District Funding	Charter School Funding	COE Funding
Adjusted LCFF State Aid	57.32%	61.78%	45.17%
Local Revenue	28.88%	24.45%	47.87%
EPA	13.80%	13.77%	6.96%

Determination of Statewide Remaining Need for LCFF Full Transition

Remaining Need Calculation*	School Districts	Charter Schools	Total
2015–16 LCFF Target Entitlement	$ 53,186,502,550	$ 5,176,732,060	$ 58,363,234,610
Less LCFF Floor, OR LCFF Target Amount for LEAs Funded at the LCFF Target**	(42,339,975,073)	(4,152,954,715)	(46,492,929,788)
Less Current Year Gap Funding (Based on Statewide Gap Rate of 50.50%)	(5,477,416,938)	(517,000,063)	(5,994,417,001)
Statewide Remaining Need	$ 5,369,110,539	$ 506,777,282	$ 5,875,887,821

* Remaining Need Calculation is not applicable to COEs; as of 2014-15, all COEs are either funded at the Target or above based on “hold harmless” provisions of Education Code Section 2575(g)(2).
**Final determination of LEAs funded at the LCFF Target is made at the Second Principal Apportionment.

II. COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION DATA

LCFF Funding Summary

LCFF Entitlement	Number of COEs	Amount
Funding Based on LCFF Target*	24	$ 279,107,983
Funding Based on “Hold Harmless” provisions of Education Code Section 2575(g)(2)	34	$ 706,451,521

*Final determination of COEs funded at the LCFF Target is made at the Second Principal Apportionment.

Minimum State Aid (MSA)	Number of COEs	Amount
Number of COEs Receiving Additional State Aid for MSA Guarantee	15	N/A
Amount of Additional State Aid for MSA Guarantee	N/A	$ 44,792,072

LCFF Target Entitlement Calculation

LCFF Target Components	Number of COEs Represented	Amount
Base Grant Funding	54	$ 224,255,471
Supplemental Grant Funding	54	70,933,809
Concentration Grant Funding	54	31,771,804
Alternative Education Grant (subtotal)	N/A	$ 326,961,084
Operations Grant Funding	58	449,745,623
Add-on Funding	37	30,720,939
Total LCFF Target Entitlement	N/A	$ 807,427,646

Alternative Education Grant ADA

Type of ADA	ADA
Non-Juvenile Court School ADA	11,072.34
Juvenile Court School ADA	8,550.05
Total County Funded ADA	19,622.39

Unduplicated Pupil Percentage (UPP)

Component	Percentage
COEs’ Average UPP (Non-Juvenile Court School)	86.16%
Lowest non-zero UPP (Non-Juvenile Court School)	47.44%

III. SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL DATA

LCFF Transition Entitlement Summary - School Districts Receiving Funding

LCFF Transition Components	Number	% of All Districts	Amount
LCFF Floor Entitlement	902	95%	$ 42,288,200,236
Current Year Gap Funding	902	95%	5,477,416,938
LCFF Target Entitlement*	44	5%	51,774,837
Economic Recovery Target Payments	122	13%	22,198,551
State Aid for MSA Guarantee	146	15%	102,177,123
Miscellaneous Adjustments	0	0%	0
Total LCFF Transition Entitlement**			$ 47,941,767,685

*Final determination of LEAs funded at the LCFF Target is made at the Second Principal Apportionment.
**Total LCFF Transition Entitlement is less than Total LCFF Funding Sources (shown on page 1) due to EPA State Aid minimum guarantee.

LCFF Transition Entitlement Summary - Charter Schools Receiving Funding

LCFF Transition Components	Number	% of All Charters	Amount
LCFF Floor Entitlement	1,165	97%	$ 4,090,029,832
Current Year Gap Funding	1,165	97%	517,000,063
LCFF Target Entitlement*	32	3%	62,924,883
Economic Recovery Target Payments	25	2%	766,466
State Aid for MSA Guarantee	17	1%	740,586
Total LCFF Transition Entitlement**			$ 4,671,461,830

LCFF Transition Entitlement Summary- Total

LCFF Transition Components	Number of LEAs	Amount
LCFF Floor Entitlement	2,067	$ 46,378,230,068
Current Year Gap Funding	2,067	5,994,417,001
LCFF Target Entitlement*	76	114,699,720
Economic Recovery Target Payments	147	22,965,017
State Aid for MSA Guarantee	163	102,917,709
Miscellaneous Adjustment	0	0
Total LCFF Transition Entitlement**		$ 52,613,229,515

LCFF Target Entitlement Calculation - School Districts Represented

LCFF Target Components	Number	% of All Districts	Amount
Base Grant Funding*	910	96%	$ 43,166,848,082
Supplemental Grant Funding	946	100%	5,435,402,420
Concentration Grant Funding	554	59%	3,160,571,411
Necessary Small School (NSS) Allowance	114	12%	103,275,366
Add-on Funding	917	97%	1,320,405,271
Total LCFF Target Entitlement			$ 53,186,502,550

*Some school districts are fully funded through NSS and do not receive Base Grant Funding; some charter schools have no Base Grant Funding due to zero funded ADA.

LCFF Target Entitlement Calculation - Charter Schools Represented

LCFF Target Components	Number	% of All Charters	Amount
Base Grant Funding*	1,197	99%	$ 4,381,928,439
Supplemental Grant Funding	1,194	99%	532,663,165
Concentration Grant Funding	667	55%	262,140,456
Total LCFF Target Entitlement			$ 5,176,732,060

*Some school districts are fully funded through NSS and do not receive Base Grant Funding; some charter schools have no Base Grant Funding due to zero funded ADA.

LCFF Target Entitlement Calculation - Total

LCFF Target Components	Number of LEAs	Amount
Base Grant Funding*	2,107	$ 47,548,776,521
Supplemental Grant Funding	2,140	5,968,065,585
Concentration Grant Funding	1,221	3,422,711,867
NSS Allowance	114	103,275,366
Add-on Funding	917	1,320,405,271
Total LCFF Target Entitlement		$ 58,363,234,610

*Some school districts are fully funded through NSS and do not receive Base Grant Funding; some charter schools have no Base Grant Funding due to zero funded ADA.

Total Funded Average Daily Attendance (ADA) by Grade Span (includes NSS ADA)

LEA Type	Number of LEAs	TK/K-3	4-6	7-8	9-12	TOTAL ADA
School Districts	946	1,703,389.53	1,274,027.52	821,108.55	1,668,393.38	5,466,918.98
Charter Schools	1,206	153,185.74	116,362.15	87,892.03	192,798.97	550,238.89
TOTAL	2,152	1,856,575.27	1,390,389.67	909,000.58	1,861,192.35	6,017,157.87

Unduplicated Pupil Percentage (UPP)*

Component	Data
School Districts’ Average UPP	59.64%
Districts with UPP of 100%	4
Districts with UPP of zero	0
Charter Schools’ Average UPP	62.34%
Charters with UPP of 100%	18
Charters with UPP of zero	3

*UPP is based on data from current and two prior years and is used in determining the LEA's Supplemental and Concentration Grant funding in the LCFF Target entitlement.

UPP Ranges for School Districts and Charter Schools

Unduplicated Pupil Percentage Range (%)	Number of Districts	Number of Charters
0-10	34	38
11-20	50	84
21-30	71	114
31-40	80	91
41-50	108	110
51-60	111	104
61-70	114	93
71-80	126	123
81-90	149	169
91-100	103	280
Total	946	1,206

Ten Largest School Districts (based on ADA)

School District Name	ADA	Target per ADA*	UPP
Los Angeles Unified	471,985.64	$ 11,462	83.49%
San Diego Unified	103,980.98	$ 9,920	63.26%
Long Beach Unified	76,090.82	$9,805	69.54%
Fresno Unified	67,320.07	$10,640	87.38%
Elk Grove Unified	59,803.86	$9,052	58.92%
Corona-Norco Unified	52,012.06	$8,753	47.73%
Santa Ana Unified	51,263.82	$10,964	94.28%
San Francisco Unified	51,092.23	$10,370	69.37%
Capistrano Unified	48,637.98	$8,404	23.55%
San Bernardino City Unified	47,684.84	$11,267	93.15%

*LCFF Target per ADA is derived by dividing LCFF Target Entitlement by Funded ADA. This amount does not represent actual funding. Target per ADA rates vary due to differences in UPP, the distribution of ADA between the grade spans, and other components of the Target Entitlement.

Ten Largest Charter Schools (based on ADA)

Charter School Name	ADA	Target per ADA*	UPP
River Springs Charter	5,718.22	$8,451	46.52%
Visions In Education	5,041.71	$8,892	52.39%
Granada Hills Charter High	4,371.42	$9,714	51.88%
El Camino Real Charter High	3,607.63	$9,205	22.97%
Opportunities for Learning - Baldwin Park II	3,589.65	$11,680	87.03%
Birmingham Community Charter High	3,132.01	$11,547	84.78%
Grover Cleveland Charter High	3,127.24	$10,446	65.98%
Options for Youth-Victorville Charter	3,052.45	$11,170	80.32%
California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles	2,965.68	$9,229	60.92%
Palisades Charter High	2,876.17	$9,374	32.57%

* LCFF Target per ADA is derived by dividing LCFF Target Entitlement by Funded ADA. This amount does not represent actual funding. Target per ADA rates vary due to differences in UPP, the distribution of ADA between the grade spans, and other components of the Target Entitlement.

DATA SOURCE: 2015–16 P-1 Apportionment certified funding exhibits for all active LEAs for the complete fiscal year.

Questions: Principal Apportionment Section | pase@cde.ca.gov | 916-324-4541

Last Reviewed: Wednesday, January 25, 2023

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