An equity score of 62/100 ranks Asu Preparatory Academy (91303) #51 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,759 per pupil, Asu Preparatory Academy (91303) ranks #173 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
357
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$13,759
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Asu Preparatory Academy (91303) operates 1 public schools serving 357 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,759 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.5% local, 76.6% state, and 22.9% 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 62/100, ranked #51 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.
a 120:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 44.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.6% Hispanic or Latino, 16.7% African American, 5.6% White across the district's schools.
Asu Preparatory Academy- Phoenix High School accounts for 100.0% of all Asu Preparatory Academy (91303) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Asu Preparatory Academy (91303) a distant remainder — means Asu Preparatory Academy (91303)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Asu Preparatory Academy (91303) student-counselor ratio is 120:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Asu Preparatory Academy (91303) chronic absenteeism rate is 44.7% — 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 Asu Preparatory Academy (91303)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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