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Bagdad, Arizona - 3 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks Bagdad Unified District (4468) #35 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,416 per pupil, Bagdad Unified District (4468) ranks #123 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
512
Total Enrollment
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$15,416
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bagdad Unified District (4468) operates 3 public schools serving 512 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Yavapai County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,416 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 86.0% local, 6.3% state, and 7.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 66/100, ranked #35 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 391.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.8% White, 31.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bagdad Elementary School, with a diversity index of 53.1/100.
Its largest campus is Bagdad Elementary School, enrolling 286 students (55% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sultan Virtual Academy, at 20 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bagdad Elementary School accounts for 55.3% of all Bagdad Unified District (4468) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bagdad Unified District (4468) a distant remainder — means Bagdad Unified District (4468)-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.
Bagdad Unified District (4468) school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Bagdad Unified District (4468) school enrollment ranges from 20 students (lowest) to 286 students (highest), a spread of 266 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bagdad Unified District (4468) student-counselor ratio is 392:1 — 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.
Bagdad Unified District (4468) chronic absenteeism rate is 35.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Bagdad Unified District (4468)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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