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Avondale, Arizona - 9 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks Avondale Elementary District (4272) #302 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,503 per pupil, Avondale Elementary District (4272) ranks #448 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,898
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$9,503
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Avondale Elementary District (4272) operates 9 public schools serving 5,898 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,503 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 38.8% local, 45.5% state, and 15.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 25/100, ranked #302 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 656.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 55.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.8% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% White, 12.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wildflower Accelerated Academy, with a diversity index of 59.8/100.
Its largest campus is Copper Trails, enrolling 1,020 students (17% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lattie Coor, at 305 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Copper Trails accounts for 17.0% of all Avondale Elementary District (4272) student enrollment
That concentration means Avondale Elementary District (4272)-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.
Avondale Elementary District (4272) school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Avondale Elementary District (4272) school enrollment ranges from 305 students (lowest) to 1,020 students (highest), a spread of 715 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Avondale Elementary District (4272) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.3% 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 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.
Avondale Elementary District (4272) student-counselor ratio is 656:1 — 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.
Avondale Elementary District (4272) chronic absenteeism rate is 55.4% — 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 Avondale Elementary District (4272)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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