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Phoenix, Arizona - 1 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Arete Preparatory Academy (89486) #337 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,262 per pupil, Arete Preparatory Academy (89486) ranks #364 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Arete Preparatory Academy (89486) operates 1 public schools serving 560 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,262 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 13.9% local, 82.2% state, and 3.9% 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 23/100, ranked #337 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 540:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.0% White, 25.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Great Hearts Academies - Arete Prep accounts for 96.4% of all Arete Preparatory Academy (89486) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Arete Preparatory Academy (89486) a distant remainder — means Arete Preparatory Academy (89486)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Arete Preparatory Academy (89486) student-counselor ratio is 540:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Arete Preparatory Academy (89486) chronic absenteeism rate is 24.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Arete Preparatory Academy (89486) is typically wider than the Arete Preparatory Academy (89486)-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Arete Preparatory Academy (89486)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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