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Tucson, Arizona - 22 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Amphitheater Unified District (4406) #124 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,331 per pupil, Amphitheater Unified District (4406) ranks #356 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
12,042
Total Enrollment
22
Schools
$10,331
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Amphitheater Unified District (4406) operates 22 public schools serving 12,042 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 16 combined, 3 high, 3 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Pima County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,331 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 54.9% local, 27.9% state, and 17.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 50/100, ranked #124 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 4 of 22 schools offering Advanced Placement (59 AP courses district-wide), a 484.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 61.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.1% Hispanic or Latino, 37.8% White, 5.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rillito Center, with a diversity index of 68.4/100.
Its largest campus is Canyon Del Oro High School, enrolling 1,758 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Rillito Center, at 59 students, a 30x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Amphitheater Unified District (4406) school enrollment varies 30× across entities
Amphitheater Unified District (4406) school enrollment ranges from 59 students (lowest) to 1,758 students (highest), a spread of 1,699 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Amphitheater Unified District (4406) student-counselor ratio is 485:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Amphitheater Unified District (4406) chronic absenteeism rate is 61.5% — 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 Amphitheater Unified District (4406)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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