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Pearce, Arizona - 1 schools
At $28,286 per pupil, Ash Creek Elementary District (4187) ranks #29 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Ash Creek Elementary District (4187) operates 1 public schools serving 31 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 Cochise County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,286 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 64 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 78.8% local, 7.5% state, and 13.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 48.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.7% White, 48.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ash Creek Elementary, enrolling 29 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Ash Creek Elementary accounts for 93.5% of all Ash Creek Elementary District (4187) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ash Creek Elementary District (4187) a distant remainder — means Ash Creek Elementary District (4187)-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.
Ash Creek Elementary District (4187) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 77.4% 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 — including this one — 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.
Ash Creek Elementary District (4187) chronic absenteeism rate is 48.3% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Ash Creek Elementary District (4187)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Ash Creek Elementary District (4187)?
Ash Creek Elementary District (4187) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 31 students.
How much does Ash Creek Elementary District (4187) spend per student?
Ash Creek Elementary District (4187) spends $28,286 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ash Creek Elementary District (4187)?
Ash Creek Elementary District (4187) students are 51.7% White, 48.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.